Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
3-22-2015
Department 1
Civil War Era Studies
Abstract
"They told us we wouldn’t get here. And there were those who said that we would get here only over their dead bodies, but all the world today knows that we are here and we are standing before the forces of power in the state of Alabama saying, 'We ain’t goin’ let nobody turn us around.'"
I met Edith today. We were walking down the road and Edith was with us. She didn't say much. She just sort of gurgled, dangling from a sling on her mother's chest. [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Rudy, John M., "Like An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Day 2" (2015). Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public. 40.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/interpretcw/40
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Comments
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public is written by alum and adjunct professor, John Rudy. Each post is his own opinions, musings, discussions, and questions about the Civil War era, public history, historical interpretation, and the future of history. In his own words, it is "a blog talking about how we talk about a war where over 600,000 died, 4 million were freed and a nation forever changed. Meditating on interpretation, both theory and practice, at no charge to you."