“In 1913, there was an anniversary celebration at Gettysburg — the anniversary of the 1863 battle — and they brought these Northern and Southern veterans together, and the Confederate and Union vets embraced one another. There are some wonderful photographs, and they’re holding Union flags and Confederate flags, and Woodrow Wilson went and gave a speech, saying that the ‘old quarrel has been forgotten.’ Well, it’s very symbolically significant that excluded from that reunion were the black veterans. They were not even invited to participate. That part of the Civil War history was, for a long time in this country, simply pushed aside and erased almost completely.” — Adam Goodheart
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Me at 2pm after finally taking a break!!](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0kn95peMt1qewacoo1_500.jpg)
this guy next to me in traffic was doing this. i’m pretty sure i was looking at him just like that
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