Confederate Remembrance Day Parade Gettysburg 2009

[kasf1982able]

Hi that was awesome ,thanks for sharing.I wish I could of remember when it was .

I take picture with group of Confederate3 Re-enactment last year ,in my town street fair.They've told me when it would be,but after I had an Stroke have trouble remembering.short term memories gone.so sadly missed it again.hope this year I can remember.cheers!!.I love history.

[MrKdh1949]

@InTheEndWasRight

It may well be the "Confederate half" of the parade, but that doesn't make it the "Confederate Remembrance Day" Parade. It was, truth be told, begun to commemorate Lincoln's Gettysburg Address by remnants of the GAR and its ancestor groups. Originally it was GAR Remembrance Day. Confederates are invited guests but its not their parade.

[MrKdh1949]

The annual Remembrance Day parade is NOT A CONFEDERATE PARADE. The pareade was started by the Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic and has continued to be under the purview of the Sons of UNION Veterans of the Civil War and the other Allied Orders. While Confederate troops are invited to participate as guest units in the annual Rembrance Day Parade, it is in no way a CONFEDERATE parade.

[InTheEndIWasRight]

@MrKdh1949 Yes I know, this is Confederate half.

[aberay1]

It is a shame that thay didnt have the Flag at half mast, for all that gave there lives at Gittysburg. all the flags along the street was at full mast.

[aberay1]

It is a shame that thay didnt have the Flag at half mast, for all that gave there lives at Gittysburg.

[gabriel19551]

Thanks for your reply. This parade, is it held every November? Thanks.

[aberay1]

@gabriel19551 It is a shame that thay didnt have the Flag at half mast, for all that gave there lives at Gittysburg. all the flags along the street was at full mast.

[gabriel19551]

When was this parade? I'm in Gettysburg several times a year. I would have loved to have seen this. I also do re-enacting Union side, because my ancestoral grandfather was with the 39th N.Y. But I love the South and it's people. And partying with the confederate re-enactors is hillirious! I love 'em! There's no hatered, animosity or racial stupidity. We're all a band of brothers honoring our fallen ancestors North and South. And we should never forget them. Let me know when the next parade is.

[InTheEndIWasRight]

@gabriel19551 This was Nov 21st last year. The next parade is actually actually this saturday in gettysburg lol. You might be able to land a hotel room still but people usually start getting tonight actually. I not able to go this year, but its the annual Remembrance Day Weekend events in Gettysburg.

[darthroden]

I would point out Union, that this vid only shows the Confederate part of the Parade. Remembrance Day at Gettysburg has re-enactors from both sides at it. I do think they should show the whole thing though, and treating it as a lark is ridiculous.

As for taking the fight to the enemy....uh, I am not at war with you and I have no plans to be. I consider such a statement to be a symptom of paranoid schizophrenia at worst and extreme egotism on your part at the least.

[InTheEndIWasRight]

@darthroden Well if you noticed I did film portions of the union side as well. As for this video, I only want to film the Confederates and I don't want to film the union. People know just by the related videos even that the union marches too and other then that if you want to see the union march, go watch the parade yourself. It runs the weekend before thanksgiving. Its obvious you're familiar with it, so complaining to me seems pointless.

[darthroden]

@InTheEndIWasRight

Uh I happen to be on your side...I wasn't referring to you, i was talking to that idiot who was complaining about this. I hope you can get closer images this year for the next video, that's my only nit-pick with it. Deo Vindice.

[InTheEndIWasRight]

@darthroden Then my beef is with youtube for once again being a crap interface and not sending your reply to the right user. Sorry about the confusion, and will do on next year. Long live the South.

[darthroden]

@InTheEndIWasRight

LOL Don't worry, I wasn't insulted or anything.

[InTheEndIWasRight]

@darthroden haha ok

[IslandersMets10]

DEO VINDINCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hollywoodwerewolf]

Dixie on the bagpipes? That was new. And quite good.

[GeorgeWashingtonX]

Civil War Re-enactors,

..keep doin' your thing.

Ignore the haters & dunces who always want to politicize Civil War history..

You are doing America a service by preserving & presenting our history in an entertaining & vibrant way (my opinion)

ps- I had an ancestor who fought in the Union Army (out of Eastern PA), but I still have love for the Confederate re-enactors and their commitment to Southern History.

[aesopstruth]

DEO VINDICE!

For myself, Was Born in

 Greenville, South Carolina

[UnionStatesHeritage]

@aesopstruth

Funny, Greenville SC, and the rest of the Upstate was a Unionist stronghold during the war.

[jonahbegone]

Uh, slight correction. This event was not "Confederate Remembrance Day" at Gettysburg, just Remembrance Day. It's in November because that's when Abe Lincoln issued his Gettysburg Address.

Admittedly the Confederates made the address possible, even necessary, but the focus of the event is the address and therefore Union.

Now, that being said, Reb reenactors have attended for years.

(Perhaps I'll march in the Richmond Monument Ave. parade and rename it, "Union Monument Avenue Parade.")

[UnionStatesHeritage]

@jonahbegone

Keep in mind that the reenacting community is dominated by Confederate apologists, and their goal is to portray a revisionist view of the conflict.

Naturally, you won't see any positive portrayal of Union soldiers, on a vid posted by one of these Kool-Aid drinkers.

Kind of cheeky, considering that the battle was an invasion of Union territory, and the event is hosted by a Union state.

Where are all the black Confederate reenactors? lol

[darthroden]

@UnionStatesHeritage

Hey you hater, what the hell are you doing on a site like this if all you intend to do is complain about the individuals its about? FYI racism and Confederaphobic bigotry is not tolerated here especially from the likes of you.

[UnionStatesHeritage]

@darthroden

I've always been a proponent of taking the fight to the enemy.

You keep confusing hatred with contempt.

Not tolerated here??...Seems to me it's the Southron trash in this video that are promoting their special brand of fairy tale theatre, where they have no business being.

[larma7]

Well, that's like saying we should be happy that Obama won, since McCain was worse. I don't get that logic......

[larma7]

The Confederates should not be celebrated. They were authoritarians who supported the right to enslave "black" people. Their cause was not noble.

Why do anarchists take liking to the confederates???! They were led by wealthy, mass-murdering SLAVE owners!!!

[ToonHQ91392]

Most Confederates were just fighting because thats where they lived. Not all of them were fighting for slaves in fact a quarter of the Confederates didnt have slaves. I bet not a lot of people know the information I just told you because in school they tell you that the confederates are the bad guys well they arent in my book. :)

[DissidentDescendant]

The number of slave owners, both white and black (gasp black slave owners!) in Dixie amounted to about 9% During the time of the war. The highest percentage of slave owners I could find was 25%. If anyone wants the sources for these percentages I'd be happy to PM them to you.

[ThePatrioticPotatos]

Only about 5% had slaves.

[ToonHQ91392]

@ThePatrioticPotatos- Yeah I know sorry for wrong info

[DissidentDescendant]

The Confederacy wasn't perfect (it was a human institution, so obviously it wont be), but was definitely a push in the right direction, and strongly preferable to the imperialistic U.S.

Also while the Confederacy is no more, it left a legacy of minarchism and desire for Southern independence in the South. As a Southerner I strongly credit my anarchic views to this.

[llshamelessll]

cool

[mindrapeart]

when the economy collapses most of the people in those funny costumes are likely gonna starve to death....if they don't die from the 3rd wave of the virus first.

doooooom and glooooom.hahaha.

[ToonHQ91392]

wow thats horrible and stupid get a life and learn your history

[mindrapeart]

i have a great life and i know my history....and they still look stupid.

[ToonHQ91392]

I for one love the UNIFORMS. In fact I dress up for that stuff its fun. Plus its regular people. sorry you dont agree I dont wanna fight I just thought that was horrible to say that. Sorry! :(

[mindrapeart]

people are hypocrites.

wearing some dusty old uniform doesn't mean anything.

besides,history has been warped and most people are mind controlled nowdays.if we don't save the country now,they'll most likely rewrite the whole thing so that we never existed.

[womblefree]

I wonder weather those women realize how stupid they look in those archaic dress's lol some children might think are they really that shape.

I see a number of comments about bonfire night which i thought was unique to britain?

anyway in one town they used to burn effigy's of unpopular people but the practice was banned also at a local beer festival they banned archery with politicians as the targets but it was ok when osarma was it, just goes to show we really do not have freedom like you say

[ToonHQ91392]

Lots of people reanact. I think the dresses are very pretty and people KNOW they arent that shape lol

[womblefree]

Yes lots of people do re enactments in my country including an old teacher of mine and some old associates of mine when i was an archaeological digger and it is exciting to watch but they have never marched down main street as a show of patriotism just a show of history.

I also come from a very historic city, iguess thats the difference between our 2 country's only politicians use patriotism when in election time not jo public as in the US.

the shape of the women well kids have big imagination

[nonantianarchist]

Shit, I just noticed the Gettysburg thing.

[nonantianarchist]

I may actually have to start reading the comments sections before commenting myself *sigh* so much work.

[nonantianarchist]

Calling sherman a fiend and a filthy scoundrel is an understatement. He is probably one of the most despicable, monstrous psychopaths to ever walk the face of the earth. He was a mass murderer who wasn't particular who he killed (whether it was Confederate soldiers, southern civilians, or American Indians) as long as they bled. I truly believe that if there were any justice in this world, he would have been drawn and quartered, and the remains burned and scattered.

[nonantianarchist]

Hell, I hate Sherman and I'm not even really a southerner (both of my parents are originally from the midwest, and I was born near Cincinnati).

[apachesbutterfly]

very well said, thank you!

[markmason1000]

@nonantianarchist Sherman was a good man that helped bring an end to a horrible war.Grant and Lee killed far more people on the battlefield than Sherman did on the march. The only reason the South doesn't like him is because he marched through your country and made you look like impotent idiots who couldn't defend their own homes

[kevinleeisme]

im sorry but what was that? i didnt get this at all

[RaymondDundas]

That's badass. I did the Pope on Bonfire Night =D

[RaymondDundas]

Hurrah! Hurrah! We bring the jubilee!

Hurrah! Hurrah! The flag that makes you free!

So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea!

While we were marching through Georgia!

[vmpslr2]

cool old tyme clothes,was that today/sat.?where?

[Luigi84289]

Nice video Eric.

[19lfm12]

I find it incredible (yet not really surprising...) that ppl will waste vast amounts of time & money on sh*t like this.....organizing, participating in and/or sitting on their asses & watching....

But will not do one damned thing to help the poor in their own communities. And with the tremendous job/housing/finance losses, 'the poor' are growing in numbers daily.

This shows how truly sick our society has made ppl.

[787Bisurdaddy]

Yeah, no one ever does anything for the poor, ever. I think the government should force people to give to the poor.

Better yet, have them collect that money in the form of a tax, so that they can siphon some off the top and keep the "feed the poor" machine running well (until it has a budget crisis, gets axed, and then the tax goes towards paying off lobbyists). We can't trust people to feed the poor on their own.

[19lfm12]

1. Concern for the poor is a basic tenet of every religion on earth.

2. Since most here in the US give mere lip service to their so called 'religion'....we have homeless ppl dying

3. Since the State is the overarching system which ppl are forced to participate in - and which creates the poverty & homelessness - it is the moral duty of the State to care for the poor whom it creates & stomps upon daily.

[787Bisurdaddy]

My comment was entirely sarcastic.

[19lfm12]

...that is a relief! :)

[19lfm12]

Anthropologists recently found the skeletal remains of the dreaded Semper Tyrannis.

Oddly, when a 3-D model was computer generated - in an attempt to discern what it might have looked like in the flesh, it bore a striking resemblance to the genus:

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