HardeeBoy
Private
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2015
- Location
- Richmond, VA
Hello all,
Decided to go into town and tour the White House of Confederacy and the Museum of Confederacy. I went for the first time last month but didn't have as much time as I'd like, so I returned by myself today to tour the house itself. Overall worthwhile to check out if you've never been or are a CW enthusiast.
No pictures in the White House allowed but a surprisingly interesting tour. Not much war history but a good insight into Davis's and family's life at the time. Tragic stuff surrounding all his children though. Sheesh!!
Certianly a Confederate Bias in the museum which is understandable. Vexillology fans (like myself) will have much to explore, a lot of cool Confederate flags. Allegedly they many more they rotate thru. Weapons, uniforms, etc.,. To be fair, the museum needs to pick up their slack on the subject of slavery and the role of African Americans in the war....I'm born and raised in VA so I'm all for this Museum's continued existence but it's high time they dug deeper and talked about that elephant in the room. A touchy subject but it's 2015, surely they can find a way to do this!! JMHO. I had a good time and enjoyed it overall though.
I'm sure much of this has been covered in previous threads but I just wanted to reach out on the 9-11 anniversary. Be well.
Too many pics of weapons flags, models, and uniforms to bother sharing but a few samples from the day.
actual contents of Lee's tent
A 4rth Va. Cavalry flag
Short lived Republic of Louisiana Flag
the well known Julio painting of Lee/Jackson. It's a huge painting!!
Sterling Price's Sword.
Decided to go into town and tour the White House of Confederacy and the Museum of Confederacy. I went for the first time last month but didn't have as much time as I'd like, so I returned by myself today to tour the house itself. Overall worthwhile to check out if you've never been or are a CW enthusiast.
No pictures in the White House allowed but a surprisingly interesting tour. Not much war history but a good insight into Davis's and family's life at the time. Tragic stuff surrounding all his children though. Sheesh!!
Certianly a Confederate Bias in the museum which is understandable. Vexillology fans (like myself) will have much to explore, a lot of cool Confederate flags. Allegedly they many more they rotate thru. Weapons, uniforms, etc.,. To be fair, the museum needs to pick up their slack on the subject of slavery and the role of African Americans in the war....I'm born and raised in VA so I'm all for this Museum's continued existence but it's high time they dug deeper and talked about that elephant in the room. A touchy subject but it's 2015, surely they can find a way to do this!! JMHO. I had a good time and enjoyed it overall though.
I'm sure much of this has been covered in previous threads but I just wanted to reach out on the 9-11 anniversary. Be well.
Too many pics of weapons flags, models, and uniforms to bother sharing but a few samples from the day.
actual contents of Lee's tent
A 4rth Va. Cavalry flag
Short lived Republic of Louisiana Flag
the well known Julio painting of Lee/Jackson. It's a huge painting!!
Sterling Price's Sword.