We're still fighting the Civil War
A year ago I started this blog and could not finish it. It still brings up strong feelings in me and I share it just to get it out of the draft list and because some of you are struggling as I am. In S eptember of 2019- One year ago ! We traveled from Indiana - where we had the RV maintenance done an d stayed at an AirBnB on Winona Lake, to Ohio- where we visited my brother and his wife at the home place and saw old high school friends - then we headed to Pennsylvania. The AirBnB at Winona Lake. Scenes from Indiana. Another Indiana scene. On our way back to Virginia we stopped at the Gettysburg National Park in Gettysburg, PA. I felt weepy after we watched a video at the Visitor’s Center that included the history that led to the Civil War. There were two questions. 1) Could the new states to the west have slaves or would they have only free labor? And 2) Could the southern states secede from the union as they wished? The eco