GETTYSBURG REUNION 1913

[@MLA56]

Most if not all the railroads gave free passage, meals, etc for the veterans to and from this reunion. I've got my great-grandfather's stuff from this one in 1913. He fought throughout the war in the 7th Tennessee Infantry, CSA. He was wounded in Pickett's Charge but was one of the few men of that regiment who wasn't killed or captured. He was 19 years old at the time. He was wounded a total of four times, but was still in one piece -- a remarkable bit of luck in a period when amputations were normal. He died in 1923, age 79.

[@robertbriggs7100]

I watched a lot of movies. I guess l like josey Wales. Clint Eastwood is a son of a confederate veteran. He liked to portray the south and l would of exactly. So what was l going to say, the confederate ship Shenandoah was the last to surrender after docking in Australia and taking on more crew.( Aussie sailors) and went on there merry way. Sinking and doing as they did and finally surrendered under the rebel flag in England. And that's a fact.

[@mikefay5698]

Was he a KKK man like Harry Truman?

[@JohnEglick-oz6cd]

He witnessed 2 major conflicts , " The American Civil War" , a harbinger of a greater conflict in Europe WW1! I wonder what he thought about the new mechanization in WW1 ; with the machine gun , tanks , airplane dog fights? Would you know ?

[@finchborat]

@@JohnEglick-oz6cd And you had some vets that lived to see WWII.

[@robertpayne2717]

How they were able to get so many men that were in their early teens and twenties at the time of the battle together 50 years later was amazing. A great feat of organization for that time in history !

[@melobstah11]

It really was amazing, most all of them 70s or more. I bet they had a ball!!

[@MLA56]

The reunion was widely publicized in newspapers and thru the United Confederate Veterans and the Grand Army of the Republic. Most if not all the railroads provided free transportation and meals on the way. One of my great- grandfathers was there in 1913. He was with the 7th Tennessee Infantry, Archer's Brigade, Heth's Division, Hill's Corps. He enlisted at 17 and was 19 at Gettysburg. He was wounded in his left shoulder very close to the Union front line during "Pickett's Charge." One of his brothers was killed and another captured there. He made it back without getting captured -- one of very few in the 7th TN. He prospered after the war and my cousin lives in the nice house he built in 1882. He died there in 1923, age 79.

[@mikefay5698]

All medically fit and dressed to be killed. The horror continues in the Ukraine and Yemen!

[@mikefay5698]

650,000 dead men took some organising. All mates today but not one Negro in the film?

[@haroldk3913]

Outstanding Ken! That should be required viewing at every school in the country! Who cannot be proud of these soldiers in blue and gray!

[@melobstah11]

Thank Harold!!!

[@mikefay5698]

Yes they averr that it was to end slavery and a Cotton Aristocracy. Making the USA a massive industrial power fit for a war mongering Kleptocratic Bourgeoisie in war mongering decline. The Negro's are no better off. Though lynching has ended. Police strangling is a human right and Democratic. Hanging Saddam Hussain and killing Muhamar Ghadaffi similarly with a bayonette in his rear! Free Julian Assange!

[@davo999]

50 years later....Forever in their hearts and minds. Today with respect we carry the legacy....to never forget the sacrifice.

[@angussmith4305]

Wiping a tear now, how moving a piece of work thankyou very much to whomever, this must surely must find its way to the national archive.

[@alexkalish8288]

Beautifully done Ken, I was looking for photos of the reunion. As an old VN vet, now 50 years ago I find this very moving and it says something wonderfully profound about this nation and it's nobility in spite of our politicians.

[@susananderson5681]

Beautifully and sensitively done. Chamberlaine's words resonate

[@Sperry411]

Very clear pictures of Civil War vets. Astounding.

[@mikefay5698]

If your white alright; if your brown stick around but if your black ,get back. get back. get back!

[@ellietobe]

It is impressive that they could manage that kind of a crowd at that point in history. Very few modern conveniences. They had to feed all of those people and clean up after them. Those elderly men had to sleep in tents which was much better than what they had during the war but as advanced in years as they were at the time of this “reunion” it had to be difficult for them especially for those who had traveled long distances. Personally, I would not have wanted to see that place again. It may be that many of them only saw small parts of that battlefield. They certainly didn’t travel around visiting during that battle. They arrived and stayed where they were out until ordered out in front of guns and cannons. This anniversary was a chance for them to see the entire battlefield without smoke and dead bodies all over. It was certainly the most memorable two or three days of their lives.

[@ryanchampney2637]

Look at the way alot of them were sitting in some of these pictures. They were still strong and nimble in alot of ways. More so than most at 70+ are today. It's really remarkable

[@garymorris1856]

These old photographs are wonderful. I love looking into the faces of these old soldiers.

[@shadetreemech290]

I handled artifacts (uniform buttons and badges and delegate robins) of a Pennsylvania delegate who attended that reunion. They were collected out of the trash by a little boy after the veteran had died. He ( the little boy) kept them all of his life and I handled them one day in the late 1980s.

[@melobstah11]

Good for You!!!

[@merrimac290]

I so want to hop in a time machine and experience this event for myself.

[@Sperry411]

I wish to be transported during the Civil War, WW2 and most of all, during Jesus times in Israel.

[@kurtneumann140]

My great grandfather was there from 1-26 Wisconsin regiment. Ernst Schreiber. He passed 1918. Nice video!

[@mtlicq]

Classy, solemn, subdued 'music'. Perfectly done.

[@robertgolden1080]

I have a Great Great Great Grandfather, who fought with the 47th Alabama. We was wounded at Little Round Top. That was the end of the war for him. I wonder if he ever attended a reunion.

[@marireynolds3996]

You should be very proud

[@johnward6699]

They must of had a ledger of the men who participated. Perhaps your GGG Grandfather's name is on it

[@tushkafilms1061]

My Great Great Great Uncle was with the 26th Alabama at Gettysburg

[@johnwilhelm9854]

Sir!! Just magnificent!! Wow. Thank you for this.

[@michaelverville2139]

Well done! Then again, I would not expect less. Thank you for giving history life.

[@melobstah11]

Thanks Mike!!!

[@Shawnroberts1980]

Thank you for putting this together. Good stuff!

[@Jonathanbegg]

This film deserves a commentary, including some names and histories for the benefit of their living descendants.

[@TS-bn7zt]

Just fantastic, many thanks. God bless them all.

[@YokozunaNumber1]

May we never see the horrors of civil war in this country again.

[@andrewc2491]

Yes well it's a nice sentiment anyway.

[@melobstah11]

​@@andrewc2491 I agree.

[@nrp0504]

Very moving. You can see the pride in all their faces.

[@mikefay5698]

Well 650,000 were in Cemeterys hardly worth it!

[@TEXCAP]

@@mikefay5698 Hardly worth it? Sir, you have to be and American to understand the sacrifices these men made for us. You should be thankful for all the Americans who came to your aid in World War 2 and lost their lives to save that Continent of yours. I lost an uncle over there too.

[@mikefay5698]

@@TEXCAP Since I don't think that massacring any lands young men for political and monetary gain benefits the Working Class. Rather immiserates and breaks the hearts of their family's. As soon as the horror ends people trade cars for clothing food for coal etc. There is no Romantic Valhalla for dead men dying to benefit a Bourgeois or Aristocratic Rich Class! I am Scottish by birth now living in New Zealand most of my days. Here in New Zealand our Parliament has just been addressed by Zelensky since NZ toadies to the US insane war in the Ukraine to eventually attack China. In WW1 Wilson declared war in April 1917 since Russia had ended the horror by having a Revolution. The withdrawing of Russia from the War meant Germany had a fair chance of winning. What made the US Banks and arms manufacturers shiver, was that the massive arms purchases of the French and British Governments would be rendered null and void in payments!

[@mikefay5698]

@@TEXCAP Well in truth it was the Soviet Union who made the 27M sacrifice. The USA really wanted to sell armaments like WW1 and control China as Japan was rivalling it for the Pacific but it does control the European doodleflaps in Europe. These days Germany Japan and Italy are mates. Old WW2 Comrades like China and Russia are enemys. Mean while the Capitalists are massacring all the old folks with Covid 19 and 100,000 fine young Ukrainians are dead to make Russia and China part of the US Imperialist Empire

[@mikefay5698]

Not on the dead 650,000 of them like Ukraine with 250,000 dead for US Imperialism!

[@Uncle_john_skydives]

I stumbled across this research 1913. This was splendid. Thank you!

[@TEXCAP]

The logistics to put this reunion together in 1913 must have been something else. I'm guessing they used trains to move the Veterans in. Not to mention, the logistics of Robert E Lee in 1863 to move the Confederate Army on foot and horseback. Blows my mind. Then again it was no easy task to move our Army across the Atlantic just 5 years later in World War 1 or around the Globe in 1941.

[@cfonde]

Sometimes, NO words are necessary, in the making of a great video.

[@kenhendricksen7642]

Thank you friend.

[@sku32956]

This is amazing watching this on the morning of the election where the our country is deeply divided .

[@davidbowman4259]

Didn't Chamberlain attend the 50th, which he called a "radiant fellowship of the fallen"? (Or something to that effect?) I know he died the next year. One of my favorite Civil War figures. Hold fast, ye boys from Maine!

[@eaglechawks3933]

Just a few years later the US was gearing up for entry into WW I and training camps were setup all over the country - named after local men who fought in the Civil War. More than a few of the men you see above (from both sides) helped recruit for the US Army that deployed to France. After the war was over most of the Camps were shut down, but the ones that remained and grew into the Army Bases you see today kept the original names.

[@melobstah11]

As they should!!!

[@mikefay5698]

The Spanish Flue pandemic originated in a US Military camp in Kansas the troops took it to Europe it spread as pandemics do and killed 60M. It was called "Spanish Flue" since Spain was neutral in WW1. So they didn't censor it but Wilson brought in the Spies and Aliens act to rid the USA of Socialists! It still exist that's why Jullian Assange is facing death in a US hell hole!

[@heathen-greaser]

Love to all those who lost there lives in the civil war, may they all rest in peace. Love to the South from the uk Great video, I know I'm English but I found this quite emotional to be honest, always felt a strong connection to the South, almost feels more like home than England. Hopefully one day I'll get to visit. Love and strength to the south

[@zippetydodahday]

@heathen-ash My genealogy is southern and my 2X’s great grandfather had a plantation and other businesses. His son, my Great- Grandfather became an attorney, his oldest brother was a physician that was a POW in a Yankee camp. SOoo many stories. Do a DNA test, perhaps you have some southern relatives. I have a Welsh twice removed cousin. I’m pretty much of an Anglophile- I watch a lot of British shows, although “Escape to The Country” is an all time favorite for me. Loved QEII- my mother looked more like her than her own sister Margaret. I remember the Queen being crowned watching it on our very little black & white TV . Loved Diana. Not fond of Charles nor Harry, and can’t STAND Markle!

[@mikefay5698]

Well it was touch and go if the British Bourgeoisie would support the slavers or not. The valiant British Workers in the Cotton Mills were not keen on slavery. Exploited Eqypt and India as an alternative. The Chartists were killed in Manchester with sabres remember! You perhaps are enamoured to much with "gone with the Wind"!

[@tonyhill1264]

These men would be appalled at America today and how sick it has become. Tragic.

[@barrycarroll1776]

..Just wonderful...

[@mattmc5069]

Just imagine living in one of those houses right by the encampment, there are thousands of civil war veterans right in your back yard: literally. I imagine the kids on that block where going nuts with excitement

[@harryasstruman3101]

Brilliant presentation !

[@fewerbeansplease]

Imagine what you had to do to get an invite to this occasion.

[@melobstah11]

Seeing the elephant.

[@cplcabs]

Would loved to have seen their Pickets charge re-enactment.

[@dmtm1111]

I think it’s interesting that very few still have their original uniforms unlike today’s WW2 vets.

[@Yodie208]

We still have my Dad's Ike jacket from WWII

[@brianl8397]

Sucks it took me 6 months to find this. Awesome work my friend.

[@melobstah11]

Thanks friend!!!

[@patriotpro6891]

Thank you.

[@joepepi7394]

Beautiful video,nice job!

[@MacThreinfhir]

Remarkable video. Makes the history much more tangible and human. Great job.

[@schallrd1]

These men from both sides wouldn't have approved of tearing down any Confederate statues.

[@melobstah11]

I agree!

[@timothywald9079]

Actually - that is not true. Veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic are on record. They petitioned to have only confederate markers be erected and no monuments/statues on the battlefield. It's public record as they admired the brave acts and deeds - they also regarding the cause as un-American.

[@dixiegriffinjr.267]

I believe Lee himself would have agreed with the removal of confederate monuments. Most monuments we're erected during the Jim Crowe era as an affront to blacks, not out of any need to remember anything.

[@robertcottam9000]

I have witnessed reconciliation ceremonies between opposing veterans of WW2. Not many Nazi flags in evidence.

[@davidbowman4259]

But they would approve of removing Confederate flags from atop statehouses.

[@mattmc5069]

I noticed one guy appeared to be crying at "the bloody angle". Who knows what horrors he saw along with everyone else

[@thepantherchannel2988]

Maybe he was one of the Virginians that broke through at the Angle.

[@kenhendricksen7642]

Or friends lost.

[@carlbusque1856]

One word, Wow!

[@tomtalley2192]

My great grandfather may have been there. Fought for the Union out of New Hampshire..

[@tomservo5347]

My grandparents remembered Civil War veterans always being at the front of parades in their small town with the national colors. There were only a couple left by the time WW1 veterans started replacing them. I'm happy to have been surrounded by WW2 veterans as a kid at my Dad's Legion Hall as they're now almost all gone.

[@emmetrobert4425]

Excellent work.

[@marireynolds3996]

They are all gone now ❤ God Bless Dixie❤

[@vimtocrazy739]

A totally different breed of American. How fit they still look.

[@robertrogers8354]

Brings me to tears as I see them and as I know the ground they fought on very well been there 9 times trip 10 is very soon....👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@kenhendricksen7642]

Thank you Robert!!!

[@damianop100]

Me too. Something so eerie and profound.

[@michaelratliff9449]

Real Men...Soldiers from many years ago brought to life for us,..Thank you Sir. God bless them all.

[@robertbriggs7100]

God bless them boy's

[@willyD200]

You'd like to think we've come a long way, but in regards to war we've actually gone the other way. Ask any soldier, those lucky to stay alive, their feeling at the beginning and then at the end of a war , I know the answer and you do too. We certainly have not moved ahead in regards to war....until the ti e comes when there is no war.

[@FriedAudio]

"And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore." - Isaiah 2:4

[@americanborn3151]

We're overdue

[@thomascrane2665]

Superb. Thanks for posting.

[@mikeforte7585]

Great post....THANKS

[@galndixie]

Notice how all these men, from both sides, have come together with respect and honor towards one another. Every soldier on both sides knew what every other soldier had been through, and why. Because they lived this, they knew the real history, they had the facts as the facts actually were. That history hadn't been marred and twisted and destroyed as it is today. Today it's not about facts, it's about opinions of those who weren't there, who don't know, who haven't bothered to find out. No Yankee of that time would have begrudged a Southern Monument, or the flying of the Southern flags, or the playing of a Southern song, because they knew what those men did to earn the right to claim pride in those symbols, and it's exactly what they did to claim theirs. As the Confederate Soldiers were dying off in later years, many a Northern Soldier commented on their bravery, their gallantry, and their good and wholesome character. They held no ill will, no animosity, no hatred of their heritage. And every single one of them would be ashamed and sickened to see how some of their descendants and relatives act and think today. It is a disgrace to your ancestors not to learn their truth.

[@clubberlang589]

It’s awe inspiring to meet people who are living history to the past. I’ve always respected men of that era. My Father In Law was a WWII veteran of Europe. He was Polish and you could see how hard of a life it was. When they came to Australia an Island on its own with none of the horrors. It was Gods way of saying you deserve some paradise on earth away from conflict. These men of that Generation would be the same and no matter even if you were African American you were equal because this battle forged true friendship

[@melobstah11]

I agree!!!

[@timothywald9079]

Actually that was not accurate - many veterans over 130 yrs ago had strong opinions about confederate statues and monments being placed on battlefields. www.civildiscourse-historyblog.com/blog/2018/3/6/the-confederate-monument-controversyin-the-1890s

[@jokingrudolf76]

Most civil war monuments weren't erected until 1890-25 years after the war ended. Their creation wasn't to honor the past but to promote white supremacy and Jim Crow Laws. History has only recently begun to be told with honesty and inclusivity-so the only history that is being "marred" is the outdated, biased, and inaccurate historical narratives. The war was fought over slavery and the south wanted to keep the institution of slavery alive to support their way of life. Today, since we do have a more truthful telling of history, it has become repugnant to 'honor' people who fought for slavery. The truth is one Confederate general was against monuments to the war being built: “I think it wiser,” the retired military leader wrote about a proposed Gettysburg memorial in 1869, “…not to keep open the sores of war but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavored to obliterate the marks of civil strife, to commit to oblivion the feelings engendered.” I agree with him. Oh, his name was Robert E. Lee.

[@galndixie]

@@jokingrudolf76 Not at all what they stand for. Are you going to tell me that all the 9/11 monuments were put up to celebrate the people who perpetrated the crime, or instead of honoring the victims? Just because other things happened during the time frame doesn't mean the monuments were dedicated to those other things. And Lee didn't say EVER, he said "At This Time." You will not find one single monument that says one single word about slavery, race, or color. And if you bother to learn some history, Blacks, both free and slaves, were Soldiers in the Confederate Military. Those monuments honor those men. Might surprise you to know that there are some monuments and plaques erected by the Union side that honor the Confederate soldiers, and in the South there is is monument placed by the Daughters of the Confederacy that honors the Union soldiers that died there. They are about HONOR and RESPECT and nothing else.

[@DavidBrown-bp4iq]

Respect your elders. They have been where you have not.

[@dxfoolrf227]

What stories and conversations took place here. 😮

[@StevenSmith-dc1fq]

A beautiful, elegant video. Just a shame about the typos. With so few words, a simple proofread would've made it airtight.

[@kenhendricksen7642]

I am not that smart and work alone. :-)

[@mjograus8800]

I have only just discovered this video. How do I feel? Unspeakably sad. I have stood at the stone wall and other significant sites on that battle field. The atmosphere or perhaps the knowledge of what happened here is almost overwhelming. Seeing those old boys who knew the horrors of that confrontation, often face to face, but now faced with their own mortality finding a common humanity is a testament to the best of human nature. The years that followed in The South were due to the folly of post war politicians. If Lincoln had lived would the bonds of a linked identity, worship of the same God, (certainly in different forms), belief in freedom. have created an America where ancient statues are not pulled down, a common valor is recognized as valid and a flag simply seen as a symbol of a cause lost but a country once divided reborn? Why do those so called wokes demand a history where deeds were done but with no hope of redemption but only eternal vilification.

[@boazbell38]

The so called "wokes" seem to have a better grasp of history than you do- those "ancient" statues were not erected right after the civil war- but rather during the Jim Crow era - you should study your history before you speak- or as I like to say you should taste your words before you spit them out...

[@mjograus8800]

@@boazbell38 I know the Civil War subject better than most. Furthermore, many times statues and memorials are erected after a particular conflict. You also failed to grasp the essence of what I wrote. Just let your bitterness go, you'll feel much better for it.

[@rastaisfuture8630]

Well said. We will not forget. They cant tear down our history

[@sergepetrov7973]

BREATHTAKING AND SPEECHLESS - HORROR AT WHAT IT HAS BECOME

[@mustaqdj]

Could anyone please tell Is that joshua chamberlain sitting on the center at 13:10 ?

[@cagrangersealninja3720]

Truly incredible

[@MrTravlinman1973]

3 of my ancesters were at the reunion. Leo George and James K. Cyphert from the 105th pa wildcat regiment and John cyphert from the 63rd pa infantry. They fought at the sherfy farm across the road from the Peach orchard under Col. Calvin Craig in Sickles 111 corps

[@melobstah11]

That is wonderful proud history, not many Americans can say that.

[@MrTravlinman1973]

@@melobstah11 thanks.. I'm very proud of my family history I've been studying it for over 20 years.. My Cyphert originally spelled Seifert side came from Alsace in the 1740s My 8th great grandfather was George Washingtons master wagon builder his name was Mathias Ringle he was the father of my 7th grandmother Mary Ringle who was married to Anthony Seifert. He was at Valley forge and almost froze and starved to death. Story has it he had to eat frozen mice to stay alive. I had 7 ancestors at Brandywine. 1 that came to the colonies with Lafayette. And 6 that were in the cival war 3 that made it to Gettysburg. Surprising only 1 died over the course of the war. Alfred Cyphert he died of his wounds on his way home on a train after the battle of Williamsburg. He was 19. 1 was shot through the hips and captured at Chancellersville but survived.. 1 was shot in the jaw at wilderness and was awarded the MOH on the recommendation by General Winifred Hancock.. It's crazy to think the sacrifices made for future generations to live the lives we all do today. And I'm proud to have so many ancesters that stood up for what they believed in.

[@mikefay5698]

Civil wars seem to take hundreds of years to really disappear. I remember the British BBC tried to bring survivors of the Spanish Civil War together to reminisce. But Bob Cooney British Contingent Commisar refused to meet the the British Spanish Nationalist although he the Nationalist was OK. They were interviwed seperately. I met Bob Cooney years later in Aberdeen Scotland. Most countrie in Europe had bitter Civil wars which may well happen again. Even the English Civil War is given a back stage. US folk seem to forgive and forget maybe. So this get together is unique in my opinion. Except the race canker seems to remain. Wilson himself was from the South and remained a racist. Truman was in the KKK. I loved US Movies as a boy in Scotland but even young I noticed that the Civil War was backgrounded I do believe as one US Liberal noted that the race issue will be solved in bed. Much better than blowing the planet up for your country Nationalism is poison!

[@TEXCAP]

I agree with you here, except I bet there was still some animosity between these guys, even 50 years later. Hard to believe you could forget the enemy that killed your fellow soldiers.

[@mikefay5698]

@@TEXCAP They died for the Rich of both sides the Workers enemy today is its National Bourgeoisie. Zelensky the US Zio Nazi puppet has 100,000 fine young men in graves to please Yankee Imperialism and its bid to save US Capitalism by controlling all the Planet. Wall street is very, very dangerous cassino for humanity!

[@mikefay5698]

@@TEXCAP Bob Cooney was an old Stalinist, but Bob really believed that Socialism would free mankind and the Working Class. He hated Fascism and Franco!

[@mikefay5698]

@@TEXCAP Bob's hatred was political. Being a Stalinist he would not have believed that Stalin had betrayed the Republican groups in Spain and Barcelona to cosy up to the Spanish Bourgeoisie by destroying any group remotely critical of his Socialism in one country and no other! Killing your fellow soldiers. Well each is a Worker with a bayonet at each end like the horror in the Ukraine caused by US Machiavallian machinations to try to prevent it's notion of Global hegemony as they callapse! Up the US and European Workers for Socialism and peace!

[@janejones8672]

The American Civil War, now that is definitely American History.

[@clubberlang589]

These men endured the horrors of war and now they stand as a nation together. Watching this makes me sad not because of what they endured on battlefield but how they emerged in remembrance on this particular day. Rest In Peace ✌️ to all these men and a living history in the making. Not I phones and Tablets. This is about real history here.

[@mikefay5698]

I don't think Iraqi's and the Vietnamese will ever forget the USA!

[@tushkafilms1061]

My great uncle James Sockwell fought in the 26th Alabama Infantry at Gettysburg

[@macnac20]

Wow, The stories that were told!

[@toyman81]

Not one living soul in this video is living, I am sure; we are talking 110 years ago now. a piece of our history that has passed on, we are now seeing our WW2 Veterans leaving us at 1500 or more a day. they too will soon be gone and pass into history; they are the last Great Nation. It is a very sad thought for me, especially at what I see in this country nowadays.

[@finchborat]

A part of me wonders who all, if any, who attended the 75th reunion are still alive (i.e. grandchildren, great-grandchildren of Civil War vets, boy scout attendants).

[@jonchalter6804]

How about some pictures from the 1938 reunion!

[@davidrasch3082]

...and these are Americans!

[@greek1237]

The last one would be in 1938.

[@budgetbooger9415]

Good soldiers never die...they live forever.

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Sad that the men who were killing each other at this very battle showed more respect to their fellow Americans at this reunion than we tend to do in the modern day.

[@bradleykeefer8896]

Very nicely done. Next time, check your spelling before publishing. There are several easily fixable errors, including misspelling Dan Sickles (not Sickels).

[@MarlinWilliams-ts5ul]

Its slightly ironic that Woodrow Wilson -- a southerner -- was President at this time.

[@Jesse-d9g]

This year 2024 world War 2 vets are there now another 10 to 15 more years veitnam vets will be here too . God bless all of them !

[@melobstah11]

God Bless you all!!!

[@randyd.7076]

damn

[@bluffdotcom5504]

Where's Colonel Sanders?

[@josephweaver5385]

I Agree

[@biggamehunter2219]

Wow!!!

[@StragglerTx]

Gotta remember most of them was kids when went to war like 12

[@WAFFENAMT1]

Shortly after this Reunion would take place, The War To End All Wars would begin.

[@melobstah11]

Yep, What a tragedy that one was and 20 years later another world war. I hate to think that is the way of the world.

[@Toolaholic7]

Joshua Chamberlin had a brother too whom was beside him

[@kenhendricksen7642]

Thomas

[@timburr4453]

At this point, many thought they would never again see a war of this magnitude One year later....😒

[@finchborat]

And then 20 yrs after that one...

[@raoulheinrichvonmerten4851]

Not so sure about that.

[@MrLtwilliam]

I find it so hard that all of this was about slavery. We must learn that Slaves are human and we must set them free or we are doomed to repeat what everyone had learned

[@robertb4563]

Wrong, the Civil War was about preserving the Union. The slave issue was part of the causes, but not the only reason.

[@mikefay5698]

The British and the French before them in they're Revolution ended slavery. But as ever economics played it's role. David Hume an economist visited the pre war South and thought slavery inneficient and uneconomic. He thought wage's would be more efficient and observed that chattel slavery made it impossible to lay off workers. There was also the question of compensation $12,000 for a top slave the biggest outlay in the US at that time. Napoleon reintroduced slavery and the British compensated the slave owners and introduce loans for Chinese and Indian workers to pay for their passage. Indentured workers and could never fully pay off the loan. "St Peter don't you call me 'cause ah just can't go. I owe my soul to the Company store"! 650,000 Dead went to Valhalla?

[@tomgreen1721]

Man these guys must be really old now

[@prairiedweller8917]

Those are fine-looking 70 year olds.

[@davevogelar9965]

And they keep on taking down the statues why

[@JohnEglick-oz6cd]

Right before another war that was Evan greater in death and destruction . It started in July 1914 with the assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand of the Hapsburg Empire . The "American Civil.War " was a harbinger of a greater conflict that would occur on the European Continent on a warm day in July in Sarajevo , Yugoslavia- Hence WW1!

[@AlMerrymBintImranaway]

2:04 its like sukkot

[@williamPaull]

Look at the way these gentlemen are dressed. And remember this is a camping trip! Count the number of hoodies and flip flops you see,,, ZERO! Why are people all such slobs today?

[@ringo688]

Wilson deserves (but because I'm merciful and would never inflict that fate on anyone} to be sent to hell for setting up the dreaded "FED". All wars lead from that.

[@danielsee1]

Not even "colorized".

[@melobstah11]

I clean them up that is enough for me. :-)

[@iainsanders4775]

On the cusp of a far worse war, with no reconciliation.

[@111CREWGO69ZEHZ]

GANGSTER

[@thepetesmith]

This country has fallen so far.

[@LeeHoFooks]

That music is horrible.

[@kenhendricksen7642]

Nope, perfect.