Why 'celebrate'
Will someone with more knowledge of history than I possess explain why "Yankees in Falmouth" is being celebrated this weekend?
From what I have read, the Union army reduced Fredericksburg to rubble from Chatham Heights. It took Stafford almost 100 years to recover from the presence of the Union army.
The local people most definitely suffered and died because of their presence. Was their presence here legal under the Constitution, or was it because they had the power?
Were they making total war against the people of Virginia? Didn't the Union army execute civilians who were trying to protect their property?
Has the federal government ever apologized for
Will the city of Chambersburg, Pa., celebrate the visit by the Confederates when they burned the city to the ground?
If all these atrocities were committed in this area, why would we celebrate it? Are we supposed to forget history?
I would assume that Fredericksburg is in the planning stages for the 150th anniversary in 2012 of the Union army reducing the city to rubble, making all their citizens refugees, and allowing the Army to loot the downtown homes and businesses.
Ted Humphries
Stafford