Yes, ma'am. I was referring to those Southerners who pretend to be personally affected by an event which took place more than a century before they were born.

Why would you assume we are pretending? How very pompous of you! Of course we are not pretending, some of us feel a very deep connection to our ancestors who fought for the Confederacy, the last thing some of these brave Confederate Soldiers seen was perhaps the Confederate Battle Flag, this verse from a reply to Flanders Field captures how we feel about our brave men who died defending our Country...

Carolyn

Sleep on, ye brave, the shrieking shell,
The quaking trench, the startled yell,
The fury of the battle hell,
Shall wake you not, for all is well.
Sleep peacefully, for all is well.
Your flaming torch aloft we bear,
With burning heart, an oath we swear
To keep the faith, to fight it through,
To crush the foe, or sleep with you,
In Flanders Field.