War

[Laurie Verge]

I think both Bill and Betty are absolutely right. What makes our Civil War even more tragic is the fact that it was fought by our citizens on our turf. It has always been easier to justify a war when we were fighting the "bad guys." In this case, both sides were the bad guys and they were Americans.

My father was career military through WWII and Korea. He abhored war; never wanted a son because a boy would be called to fight (he died before women became an integral part of the services); and could not understand reenactors who wanted to "play soldier," as he termed it. That applied to reenactors from the French & Indian War through WWII. He was really perturbed with those who portrayed Nazi forces...