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Offline SeanJohnson

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Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
« on: January 16, 2021, 09:57:29 PM »
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    • Scenes from my teenage years: The laser show on the side of Stone Mountain outside Atlanta.

    The state later sold this property into private hands, who soon cancelled this "racist" laser show.  

    But this is how it was when I was young, lighting up the carvings of Robert E, Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and President Jefferson Davis, with the theme of the South rising again and charging into battle.

    Anyway, you won't see anything like this in the whole country today:

     
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    Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
    « Reply #1 on: January 16, 2021, 11:18:48 PM »
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    • Here's a more Southern version of "Dixie".



    It starts to cook at 0:55
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    Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
    « Reply #2 on: January 16, 2021, 11:34:17 PM »
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    • Your reminiscing of your "RACIST" past  reminds me of my favorite "RACIST" song...

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    Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
    « Reply #3 on: January 17, 2021, 09:53:04 AM »
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    • "This video was filmed July 6th, 2013, at the Saturday Night Ball during the commemorative reenactment celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, sponsored and hosted by the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee. More than 12,000 reenactors and over 25,000 spectators attended the events spread over four days. In the words of one of those attending: "The ball Saturday evening, hosted by the 2nd South Carolina String Band was the most high-energy and exciting ball I have yet attended. I arrived at the end, and was told to stay around afterwards for some "ruckus." The 2nd South Carolina broke out into, arguably, the most catchy song ever: "Southern Soldier." After every verse, the Rebel Yell screamed louder and louder, to a volume I have never heard even on a battlefield up to that point; it truly made the hair stand straight and the shine shiver. It was simply impossible to prevent oneself from joining in, whether Yankee or Rebel. And for the finale, the 2nd SC led the audience in "Dixie." I have never heard the song played and sung by so many people with so much energy."
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    Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
    « Reply #4 on: January 17, 2021, 01:37:38 PM »
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    • Dixie is no longer geographic. A lot of the geographic south have essentially allowed themselves to become yankees. Georgia is the latest casualty.

    Dixie is a state of mind, spirit and way of life.
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    Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
    « Reply #5 on: January 17, 2021, 01:40:55 PM »
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    • I wish I was in Chartres, Loire Valley, France.
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    Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
    « Reply #6 on: September 30, 2023, 08:05:34 PM »
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    • The reason will be forthcoming...for now, revert to the OP...
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    Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
    « Reply #7 on: September 30, 2023, 09:47:16 PM »
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    • Quote from: SeanJohnson on September 30, 2023, 08:05:34 PM
    The reason will be forthcoming...for now, revert to the OP...
    Are you moving to the South, Sean?
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    Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
    « Reply #8 on: October 01, 2023, 01:07:04 AM »
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    • All the Dixie Rebels are not in the South!
    I can imagine a reenactment turning into an actual battle between conservatives and liberals, normal and lgbtq+ perverts, sane and insane, moral and immoral, truthers and liars, good and evil, God and Satan.
    Imagine if WWIII begins with Springfields, cannons, swords, and horses; with spectators, everyone dressed in 1860’s garb!!!  
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    Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
    « Reply #9 on: October 01, 2023, 11:55:51 AM »
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    • Quote from: Matthew on September 30, 2023, 09:47:16 PM
    Are you moving to the South, Sean?

    Sean is a Yankee personality in every sense of the term.

    A carpetbagger move to the genteel South won't change his accent or remove his inherent Yankee-ness.


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    Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
    « Reply #10 on: October 01, 2023, 01:34:10 PM »
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    • Quote from: choakley on January 17, 2021, 01:37:38 PM
    Dixie is no longer geographic. A lot of the geographic south have essentially allowed themselves to become yankees. Georgia is the latest casualty.

    Dixie is a state of mind, spirit and way  life.
    I subscribe to that view. I am a Dixie hearted ole Polish bear living in northern Alberta. I miss the South as I experienced it and it remains a part me of me. Root hawg or die!

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    Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
    « Reply #11 on: October 01, 2023, 01:51:50 PM »
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    • Just tell me they're not about to wipe it from the rock.
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    Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
    « Reply #12 on: October 01, 2023, 01:56:17 PM »
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    Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
    « Reply #13 on: October 01, 2023, 02:02:03 PM »
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    • Interesting short history of the carving:

    Memorial Carving
    The largest high relief sculpture in the world, the Confederate Memorial Carving, depicts three Confederate figures of the cινιℓ ωαr, President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. The entire carved surface measures three-acres, larger than a football field and Mount Rushmore. The carving of the three men towers 400 feet above the ground, measures 90 by 190 feet, and is recessed 42 feet into the mountain. The deepest point of the carving is at Lee’s elbow, which is 12 feet to the mountain’s surface.
    In 1912 the carving existed only in the imagination of Mrs. C. Helen Plane, charter member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). The Venable family, owners of the mountain, deeded the north face of the mountain to the UDC in 1916. The UDC was given 12 years to complete a sizable cινιℓ ωαr monument.
    Three sculptors worked on the carving during its creation. Gutzon Borglum was hired in 1915 as the carving consultant, and in 1916 he was appointed carving sculptor by the Stone Mountain Monumental Association. Borglum envisioned a carving with seven central figures accompanied by “an army of thousands.” He was not able to begin work on the carving until 1923 due to funding problems and World War I.
    After blasting away large portions of the mountain with dynamite, Borglum was able to complete the head of Lee on January 19, 1924. In 1925 a dispute arose between Borglum and the managing association. As a result of the conflict, Borglum left, taking all of his sketches and models with him. Borglum went on to carve the famous Mount Rushmore sculpture in South Dakota.
    Augustus Lukeman, the second sculptor, resumed work on the project in 1925. Lukeman’s carving included the three central figures of the Confederacy on horseback. He removed Borglum’s work from the mountain and diligently worked with pneumatic drills, but by 1928 (the original deadline) only Lee’s head was complete and funds were depleted. The Venable family reclaimed their property, and the massive granite mountain remained untouched for 36 years.
    In 1958 the state of Georgia purchased the mountain and the surrounding land. The Georgia General Assembly created the Stone Mountain Memorial Association. In 1960 the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Advisory Committee was comprised of six internationally known figures in the world of art. A competition was held, and nine world-renowned sculptors submitted designs for a new sculpture.
    In 1963, based upon recommendations by the Advisory Committee, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association chose Walker Kirkland Hancock of Gloucester, Massachusetts to complete the carving. Work resumed in 1964, and a new technique utilizing thermo-jet torches was used to carve away the granite. Chief carver Roy Faulkner, a marine veteran with a talent for using the new thermo-jet torch, was able to remove tons of stone in one day. For over eight years Park guests could see and hear the workmen and their jet torches.
    The figures were completed with the detail of a fine painting. Eyebrows, fingers, buckles and even strands of hair were fine-carved with a small thermo-jet torch.
    The carving is actually much larger than it appears from Stone Mountain Park’s attractions. Workers could easily stand on a horse’s ear or inside a horse’s mouth to escape a sudden rain shower. A dedication ceremony for the Confederate Memorial Carving was held on May 9, 1970. Finishing touches were completed in 1972.


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    Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
    « Reply #14 on: October 01, 2023, 09:24:33 PM »
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