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cggdh commented 1 year ago

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Lost Cause Nostalgia - "Virginia"

"Virginia" is a song from Frank Wildhorn's Tony-nominated musical, "The Civil War" (1999).

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cggdh said:

@myanrueller

"Experience with the piece"? You mean that you have good memories of singing it in show choir? That's what the Lost Cause is supposed to do — give you warm fuzzies about the antebellum South while skating over the sticky bits. If the song made you feel nostalgic, it has done its job...

• cggdh commented 1 year ago

  4:30 Add to

  Lost Cause Nostalgia - "Virginia"

  "Virginia" is a song from Frank Wildhorn's Tony-nominated musical, "The Civil War" (1999).

  4,249 views

  cggdh said:

  @myanrueller

  I refer you to my reply to country100193.

• cggdh commented 1 year ago

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  Lost Cause Nostalgia - "Virginia"

  "Virginia" is a song from Frank Wildhorn's Tony-nominated musical, "The Civil War" (1999).

  4,249 views

  cggdh said:

  @smrt1111111111111

  The painting at 1:10 is by Mort Kunstler and is called "Tender is the Heart." It is a scene from the 1864 baptism of General Hill's infant daughter. This painting is one of many modern pieces that advances the Lost Cause proposition that Lee was a kind, gentle, reluctant Chris...

• cggdh commented 1 year ago

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  Lost Cause Nostalgia - "Virginia"

  "Virginia" is a song from Frank Wildhorn's Tony-nominated musical, "The Civil War" (1999).

  4,249 views

  cggdh said:

  @country100193

  Get thee to the Oxford histories of the United States, specifically Daniel Walker Howe's "What Hath God Wrought" and James McPherson's "Battle Cry of Freedom." They are accessible, engaging narrative histories that explain the complex origins of the Civil War in terms so clear the...

• cggdh commented 1 year ago

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  Lost Cause Nostalgia - "Virginia"

  "Virginia" is a song from Frank Wildhorn's Tony-nominated musical, "The Civil War" (1999).

  4,249 views

  cggdh said:

  @country100193

  Look up "Lost Cause" some time.

• cggdh commented 1 year ago

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  Lost Cause Nostalgia - "Virginia"

  "Virginia" is a song from Frank Wildhorn's Tony-nominated musical, "The Civil War" (1999).

  4,249 views

  cggdh said:

  @myanrueller

  I'm glad you have so many nice memories of performing with your choir. I think that you will agree, though, that longing for the "splendor and grace" of the antebellum South has fairly unattractive political implications.

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cggdh commented 1 year ago

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Hail Columbia

Our first (unofficial) national anthem: "Hail Columbia."

I've uploaded a higher quality version that is available if you click on my profile name.

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cggdh said:

@pieguyfry22

@pieguyfry22

No kidding. That's the original emblem of the Journal of the Proceedings of Congress (1774). It's 12 arms "supporting" the "Liberty Pole."

• cggdh commented 1 year ago

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  Hail Columbia

  Our first (unofficial) national anthem: "Hail Columbia."

  I've uploaded a higher quality version that is available if you click on my profile name.

  30,550 views

  cggdh said:

  @pieguyfry22

  No kidding. That's the original emblem of the Journal of the Proceedings of Congress (1774). It's 12 arms "supporting" the "Liberty Pole."

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