Dr. W. Todd Groce

Let’s not battle over Georgia’s Civil War tourism

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, October 1. 2010

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Dr. W. Todd Groce
Georgia Historical Society president

The 150th anniversary of the Civil War begins in 2011, and already there has been criticism by some that Georgia is “a day late and a dollar short” when it comes to promoting it. The fact is, in the midst of a fiscal crisis, the state is making wise and timely use of limited funding to develop a unique CW150 program that will draw visitors from around the world to Georgia.

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#1 Anonymous on 10/01/10 at 07:59 AM

I agree, let's celebrate our history and move
on with our lives today. It will make America better for it....

#2 QuEnOz on 10/01/10 at 01:39 PM

Man. Ya'll need to get over this war! Ya'll LOST!

#3 H B on 10/01/10 at 06:15 PM

This is an important time in the History of this country and the History of the South. The real History is not always told, it is always told in a way that it makes the South look like Villians. That is not the case. One should read about it from several prospectives and learn alot about how our country is today.

#4 rankin fyle on 10/04/10 at 05:41 AM

Can you imagine what the US would be like if the South had won the war? Now that would make for an interesting novel.
Thank goodness we don't have to experience it in real life.

#4.1 Johnny Reb on 10/04/10 at 08:41 AM

The interesting novel that 'would make' would is no comparison to the fiction that the Federal Government and revisionist historians have been working on (and we are experiencing in real life today)since 1865. One can't help but wonder if 150 years from now the Middle Eastern wars of the 1990's - today will be remembered as the 'war to free our oil...'

#5 Rankin Fyle on 10/04/10 at 09:29 AM

Say What?

#6 Anonymous on 10/04/10 at 10:19 AM

At one time in my life when I was pursuing information for family genealogy I became very interested in the American Civil war.
I quickly encountered a broad perspective of opinions on this war. Just by the multitude of different names for this war should tell you the abundance of different of views. What infuriates me so is the failure of humanity so that 618,000 or more Americans had to die before we as a nation learned the lessons that today seem so obvious to us all. Am I proud of my kin that they stood up for home and country? Yes, Am I going to celebrate the history where this country was led down a path of unimaginable pain and carnage that has lasted until even the present generation………no. We should heal our wounds, imprint the lessons learned, forgive, then move on to things in life that are far more productive and joyful.

#7 Anonymous on 10/05/10 at 05:47 PM

funny how history repeats itself.

#8 Rankin Fyle on 10/06/10 at 06:09 AM

History repeats itself only when we fail to learn the lessons of history.

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