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Christopher McCandless, The Man who Hiked to Death

Born February 12th 1968, in Inglewood, California, Christopher McCandless was immediately plunged into a chaotic family. His sister, Carine McCandless, documented in her book ‘The Wild Truth’ that they shared their home with six half-siblings. Carine also alleged that her parents were abusive, both physically and verbally, toward the McCandless children. She documented how her father was an alcoholic, and their mother often fed off his evil energy, inflicting her own abuse upon them.

The McCandless never stayed in one place for long as Walt McCandless worked for NASA as a rocket scientist, taking him across the U.S. Eventually, the family settled in Virginia long enough for Christopher and Carine to graduate.

Following his graduation from university, Christopher knew he needed to travel. He had spent much of his childhood moving from town to town, state to state, and this had a profound impact on his outlook on life.

He only stayed in one place for a short time, seeing the beauty in exploring the world. In mid-1990, Christopher left Virginia for new pastures and began driving West. He stopped in towns and cities along the way, picking up odd jobs to make ends meet. By April of 1992, Christopher was itching for another adventure, and that is when he decided to make his way to Alaska, the final frontier of the U.S.

Incredibly, Christopher managed to hitchhike from Carthage, South Dakota, to Fairbanks, Alaska, a whopping 3,000+ miles through Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and Yukon, Canada. Eventually, he arrived, and he began planning his largest expedition yet. He wanted to hike through the Denali National Park. The park covers over 6,000,000 acres in the middle of Alaska. Communities are few and far between, with many Alaskans congregating near large towns and cities.

Despite the harsh weather conditions of Alaska, Christopher McCandless seemed ill-prepared. Fellow hikers and locals recalled seeing Christopher arrive in Fairbanks carrying only a backpack. He also stood out for his ‘Hippie-like’ appearance, choosing to remain unkempt and dirty. April 28th 1992, would mark the last day that Christopher McCandless would ever see the seeds of civilisation.

That day, Jim Gallien was flagged down by Christopher, who was looking for a ride to the Stampede Trail in the Denali National Park. Gallien later told author Jon Krakauer that he had doubts about the 24-year-old’s survival from the start. When he got into his car, Christopher had minimal clothing and a backpack. Christopher explained that he was carrying a 10 lb bag of rice, a Remmington semi-automatic rifle and a pair of Wellington boots inside his bag. Gallien was, in fact, so concerned that he offered to drive Christopher to Anchorage so that he could purchase the necessary equipment for him. He knew how harsh and unforgiving the Alaskan landscape could be, and per population, it has an alarmingly high missing persons rate. Throughout their drive, Christopher assured Gallien that he would be fine and had hiked many times before.

It wasn’t until months later that Gallien learned Christopher’s real name, as when he had picked him up, he had simply given the name ‘Alexander Supertramp’. The only item that Christopher accepted from Gallien was a map. Before leaving, Christopher asked Gallien to snap a picture of him at the Stampede Trail, making this one of the last photographs ever taken of Christopher McCandless.

For two days, Christopher hiked the Alaskan wilderness, soaking in the beauty of the Denali National Park. After a gruelling march, Christopher made it to an abandoned blue and white bus. Whilst the exterior was rusted and hadn’t been loved for some time, Christopher recognised it was the perfect shelter and base camp. He wasted no time setting up his gear and prepping his new home.

The blue and white bus that would become a notorious tourist hotspot was not Christopher’s intended finish line. According to his diary, which was later discovered with his body, Christopher had planned to hike through the park and to the Bering Sea. Christopher remained at the blue and white bus for two months, eagerly journaling every step. Christopher wrote in his diary that he had begun consuming the roots of the Hedysarum Alpinum plant. Christopher also detailed in his diary how he had trapped and hunted small game and wildlife. He had successfully hunted a moose/caribou with his rifle. However, the meat was rotten by the time he came to consume it. With just 10 lbs of rice and foraged plants, Christopher rapidly began losing weight.

The lack of food and people was beginning to get to Christopher, who heavily documented his trip via his journal and camera. On July 3rd 1992, Christopher packed up his things, leaving the blue and white bus behind.

With a map in hand, Christopher hoped to reach civilisation once more, but the landscape had changed and he became distressed and returned to the blue and white bus to wait out the days until the river froze over once more.

On July 14th, he also began to incorporate the seeds of the Hedysarum Alpinum plant into his diet, as was documented in his diary. The meagre diet of plant material and small animals was nowhere near enough to sustain Christopher, who continued to waste away. As he continued to weaken, he lost his energy and ability to forage further afield for plants and fruits.

Christopher McCandless made his final diary entry on what he noted as ‘Day 107’. The entry simply reads, “Beautiful blue berries.” Author Krakauer noted that days 108 through 112 had / (slashes) but no words, and after Day 113, no more entries were made. Sometime around these final diary entries, Christopher wrote, “I have had a happy life and thank the Lord. Goodbye, and may God bless all.” It is clear Christopher knew his end was coming, and he had made his final preparations and peace with his fate.

It wasn’t until September 6th 1992 that the grizzly truth would be revealed.

That day, hikers in the Denali National Park came across the blue and white rusted van that Christopher had once called home.

These hikers had the same idea as Christopher and were eager to use the bus as shelter.

When they approached the bus, they found a note taped to the door which read “Attention possible visitors. S.O.S. I need your help; I am injured, near death and too weak to hike out. I am all alone; this is no joke. In the name of God, please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries close by and shall return this evening. Thank you, Chris McCandless, August.”

As they moved through the bus, they saw the familiar outline of a human in a sleeping bag. After reading the note, they hoped that Chris had managed to survive, but all hopes were dashed when the stench of decay overcame them. The hikers took a closer look, and their worst suspicions were confirmed. Christopher McCandless was deceased, his body decaying in a sleeping bag in the back of a rusted-out bus.

Alaska State Troopers and Denali Park staff were summoned to the bus where Christopher’s body was recovered. His family were notified of the terrible news, and preparations for his body to be returned to Virginia were made.

Christopher’s passing marked a turning point in the culture surrounding hiking and travelling. He had wilted away in the wilderness when a bridge and cabin were within a few miles of his location.

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So I thought this was hilarious but I wanted to fact check it before sharing, just to know if it was a joke or not. And not only is it a real flag (it's known as the 28th Virginia Battle Flag, and was captured at Gettysburg),

But There's More:

#and before anyone is like “You Didn't Know Jesse etc”#im still pretty new to wrestling #memes #pro wrestling #antiracism #us history #fuck the confederacy

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mariacallous · 1 year

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happy "28th Virginia flag is still in Minnesota" day to all who celebrate

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28th Virginia battle flag - Wikipedia

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Evaluating Significant Decisions from the 2022-2023 Supreme Court Term

By Jacob Caskie, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Class of 2023

August 9, 2023

The United States Supreme Court reviews only a few dozen legal cases every year, however, the significance of these cases is often immense. In the 2022-2023 Supreme Court term, the Justices reviewed fifty-two cases in total, and issued rulings on cases involving free speech, religious accommodations, University admissions, and true threats. The Supreme Court’s 2022-2023 term concluded on June 28th, 2023, and the court is now in recess until October. Due to the importance of several rulings made during this term, it seems fitting to evaluate some of the decisions made by the court and analyze their significance. Each case analysis will be separated, and will include a review of the case background, arguments made by the petitioners and respondents, and finally, the holding issued by the Supreme Court.

[1] 303 Creative LLC et al. v. Elenis et al. 600 U.S. ___ (2023)

Lorie Smith owns a graphic design business, 303 Creative LLC, in Colorado and wanted to expand her business to include website design for couples seeking wedding websites. She worried, however, that the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) would compel her to create websites that celebrate marriages between individuals of the same sex, which she does not endorse due to her religious beliefs. CADA prohibits “all public accommodations” from denying “the full and equal enjoyment” of its services to any customer based on his race, creed, sexual orientation, or other statutorily enumerated trait. Either state officials or private citizens may seek enforcement action for the statute. Ms. Smith filed a lawsuit with a Colorado District Court seeking an injunction that would prevent the state from forcing her to create websites celebrating marriages that defy her religious belief: That marriage should be reserved for the unification of a man and a woman. Before the District Court, Ms. Smith stated that she is willing to work with people regardless of their sexual orientation and will create graphics for them without protest. She added that she will not, however, produce content that “contradicts biblical truth” regardless of who orders it. Ms. Smith stated that her view of marriage is a sincerely held conviction, and that her services “express 303 Creative’s message celebrating and promoting her view of marriage” as she is the sole employee. The State of Colorado rebutted that Ms. Smith’s case does not implicate pure speech, but rather the sale of an ordinary product that should be available to not some, but all, and that any burden on her speech is purely “incidental”. The state also insisted that Supreme Court precedent from Rumsfeld v. FAIR, 547 U.S. supports their argument.

The District Court held that Ms. Smith was not entitled to the injunction in which she sought, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. A divided panel cited that the state had shown a compelling government interest in forcing Ms. Smith to create speech, and that no reasonable alternative existed, satisfying the criteria for strict scrutiny. The Supreme Court granted certiorari and reviewed the Tenth Circuit’s disposition.

The Supreme Court began by reviewing several cases that were argued on similar grounds as Ms. Smith’s. In West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette 319 U.S. 624, 642, The Supreme Court held that West Virginia’s efforts to compel schoolchildren to salute the American Flag during the Pledge of Allegiance “invaded the sphere of intellect and spirit, which it is the purpose of the First Amendment… to reserve from all official control.” In Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc., 515 U.S. 557, the court held that a Massachusetts public accommodations statute was not able to compel veterans organizing a parade to include a group of homosexual individuals because the parade itself was protected speech and requiring them to include a group they wished to exclude would “alter the expressive content of their parade”. Finally, in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale 530 U.S. 640, 660-661, the court held that the Scouts’ decision to exclude a homosexual man from participation was entitled to First Amendment protection, because the Boy Scouts are an “expressive association”. The Supreme Court stated these cases illustrate that the First Amendment protects an individual’s right to speak his mind regardless of the government’s belief on intention or sensibility.

The Supreme Court agreed with the Tenth Circuit in many aspects, including that the websites Ms. Smith seeks to create qualify as pure speech, which is protected by The First Amendment. The Supreme Court further recognized that Colorado sought to compel Ms. Smith to speak in ways that align with its beliefs but defy her own conscience, and since The First Amendment “envisions the United States as a place where people are free to think and speak as they wish,” the court ruled that Colorado cannot compel Ms. Smith to create websites for marriages she does not endorse.

[2] Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 600 U.S.___ (2023)

Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC) are two of the oldest and most prestigious educational institutions in the United States, and while thousands of students apply to these institutions annually, only a small percentage are accepted to attend. Admission to these institutions is dependent on many variables including, but not limited to, the applicants’ academic prestige, extracurricular involvement, recommendation letters, and even their race. Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), a nonprofit organization that seeks to “defend human civil rights secured by law” filed two separate lawsuits against Harvard and UNC, arguing that the race-based admissions used by these institutions violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Equal Protections Clause of The Fourteenth Amendment. The respondents’ claim that SFFA lacks standing due to their lack of membership organizational status was rejected by the court.

Separate bench trials found that both admissions programs were lawful under the Equal Protections Clause and Supreme Court precedent. The Supreme Court granted certiorari for the Harvard case after the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed judgment, and for the UNC case prior to an issued judgment.

The Supreme Court began by reviewing the admissions processes used by both institutions. At Harvard, each application is screened by a “first reader” who assigns a numerical score to applicants in six different categories, including one titled “overall”. Overall is a compilation score of the preceding categories, where the reader can, and does take applicant race into consideration. Harvard’s subcommittees then review applications by geographic area, and make recommendations to the admissions committee, who also takes race into account. When deliberations begin, applicants are grouped by race to prevent “a dramatic drop-off” in minority admissions. Applicants who receive a majority of the committee’s votes are tentatively accepted for admission, and at the conclusion of voting, the racial composition of the acceptance pool is disclosed to the committee. Then begins the “lop” process, where the tentatively accepted applicants are winnowed, and race is again a deciding factor. UNC’s admission process is like that of Harvard’s. Applications are first read by an admissions office reader who assigns a numerical score to multiple categories and is required to consider applicant race. The reader then makes a recommendation, which can be aided by the applicant’s race. A “school group review” is then conducted where this recommendation is either approved or rejected. In making these final decisions, the race of the applicant can be a deciding factor.

The justices then turned their focus to the Fourteenth Amendment and the Equal Protections Clause. Prior decisions of the court had interpreted the Equal Protections Clause as a guarantee that “all persons, whether colored or white, shall stand equal before the laws of the states.” Exceptions to this standard must withstand strict scrutiny. Further, citing Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483, the court stated the decision of this case was clear in ruling that education “must be made available to all on equal terms.” Although the court recognized that precedent allows race-based admissions decisions at universities, they also acknowledged the attached limitations: That the programs must comply with strict scrutiny, applicant race may not be used negatively, and that there must be a “logical end point.”

After review of both admissions systems, the court determined that the universities had fallen short of the burden to operate their programs in a manner that is “sufficiently measurable to permit judicial review.” Citing the respondents’ goals for race consideration, the court found immeasurable how the specific ethnic mix of a student body can further produce these goals. The court’s opinion also asserts that the admissions processes fail to create a connection between their methodology, and their goals, specifically noting that the racial classifications the institutions use are overbroad, arbitrary, and underinclusive. Secondly, the universities’ admissions systems fail to comply with the Equal Protections Clause, which states that race may not be used as a negative, nor a stereotype. The First Circuit Court found that Harvard’s consideration of race resulted in reduced admissions for specifically Asian students, and the Supreme Court found that by considering race, the universities were engaging in the stereotype that “students of a particular race, because of their race, think alike.” Finally, the court reasoned that the universities’ race-based admissions lack an end point, which was required by the decision of Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306, 326. Respondents’ argued that they will end their race considering programs when their goals have been met, or once meaningful representation occurs, which the court had found immeasurable.

Due to the respondents’ lack of measurable objectives requiring race consideration, use of applicant race in a negative manner, use of stereotyping, and lack of a logical end to race consideration, the Supreme Court found the admissions programs impermissible under the Equal Protections Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

[3] Counterman v. Colorado 600 U.S.___ (2023)

Billy Counterman sent hundreds of Facebook messages to a local singer named “C.W.” from 2014 to 2016. The two had never met, and C.W. made repeated attempts to block Counterman from contacting her through the platform. Each time, Counterman created a new Facebook account and continued sending her messages, several of which pictured harm befalling her. C.W. claims this activity put her in fear and halted her daily activities, which ultimately caused her to notify law enforcement. The state of Colorado charged Counterman under a statute that prohibits making any form of repeated communication in “a manner that would cause a reasonable person to suffer serious emotional distress and does cause that person . . . to suffer serious emotional distress." Counterman moved to dismiss these charges on First Amendment grounds, claiming that his messages were not “true threats” and because of this, cannot be the basis for criminal prosecution.

The trial court rejected this argument following Colorado law, which uses a “reasonable person” standard and found that Counterman’s statements were indeed true threats. Counterman was convicted by a jury and appealed, arguing that the state is required to show his subjective intent to threaten C.W. The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction, relying on its precedent, and the Colorado Supreme Court denied review. The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari due to division amongst the lower courts regarding the requirement for proof of subjective mindset in true-threats cases.

First, The Supreme Court reviewed the First Amendment’s restrictions upon the content of speech, including incitement to unlawful conduct, defamation of another, obscenity, and true threats of violence. True threats are classified as “serious expressions” conveying that the speaker intends to “commit acts of unlawful violence.” The existence of this threat is dependent on the conveyance of the statement, yet the court found that the First Amendment still may require the showing of a subjective mental-state of the speaker. Since prohibitions on speech have the potential to deter an individual from creating speech, requiring the state to show proof of a “culpable mental state” or a mens rea can be a tool to prevent this. The court reasoned that such showings are required to punish other areas of unprotected speech. Defamation, while serving no value to this nation, cannot be recovered from unless it can be shown that the speaker made a false statement “with knowledge that it was false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.” Incitement to unlawful conduct can often incur consequences even if the speaker did not intend to convey violent messages, but the First Amendment still protects that individual from prosecution unless it can be shown that his words were intended to produce unlawful actions. Similarly, obscenity requires proof of the defendant’s mindset, as neglecting scienter would inadvertently affect protected speech. Ultimately, the court ruled that utilizing an “objective ‘reasonable person’ standard” would discourage speech that the First Amendment seeks to protect.

The Justices then sought to determine the appropriate mens rea for prosecuting true-threats, and found that in this context, a recklessness standard stood sufficient. A person acts recklessly when he “consciously disregards a substantial, and justifiable risk that his conduct will cause harm to another.” The court reasoned that this standard offers wiggle room for protected speech without impeding too many aspects of criminal prosecution for true-threats. While other areas of unprotected speech may require a stronger showing of intent, the court found that is not necessary in cases of true-threats.

The Supreme Court ruled that Counterman was prosecuted, and convicted under an objective standard that is based on the interpretation of a “reasonable person.” The state was not required to show that Counterman was aware of the threatening nature of his statements, and thus, his conviction violates the First Amendment. The Supreme Court vacated judgment of the Colorado Court of Appeals and remanded the case for further proceedings that require a showing of at least recklessness.

[4] Groff v. DeJoy, Postmaster General 600 U.S. ___ (2023)

Gerald Groff is an Evangelical Christian who believes for religious reasons that Sundays should be reserved for rest and worship, not work-related duties. Groff was hired to work for the United States Postal Service (USPS) in 2014, and his duties did not typically include working on Sunday. After his employer agreed to start handling Sunday deliveries for Amazon, this changed, and a memorandum was signed by USPS that mandated Sunday duties upon request. Groff requested and was granted transfer to a rural delivery hub in Holtwood, Pennsylvania, who did not make Sunday deliveries. In 2017 however, Amazon deliveries also began at this hub. Groff continued refusing Sunday work, and USPS was forced to hand off his deliveries to his peers. Groff received “progressive discipline” for his refusals, and ultimately resigned in January 2019. Subsequently, Groff sued USPS under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, claiming that the service could have accommodated his religious practice “without undue hardship on the conduct of their business.”

The District Court granted summary judgment to USPS, and the Third Circuit Court affirmed, feeling bound to their holding in Trans World Airlines Inc. v. Hardison, 432 U.S. 63, which ruled that requiring an employer to bear more than “de minimis cost” to provide a religious accommodation is an undue hardship. The Third Circuit found that Groff’s refusal to work “imposed on his coworkers, disrupted workflow, and diminished employee morale.” The Supreme Court granted Groff’s petition for a writ of certiorari.

The court first reviewed Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made it unlawful for employers to “refuse to hire or terminate any individual, or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of religion.” The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission interpreted this as meaning that employers are sometimes required to make accommodations to the religious needs of employees, so long as it does not present “undue hardship” to the business. In 1972, Congress amended Title VII, providing that “religion” includes all aspects of religious observance and belief, and that employers must abide by these guidelines unless they can reasonably show that they are unable to do so without “undue hardship” on the conduct of their business.

Switching their focus, the court reviewed the decision of Hardison, the basis of the de minimis cost standard. Similarly to Groff, Hardison was hired to work for Trans World Airlines (TWA) in 1967, and he underwent a religious conversion that would entail absenting from work on Saturday’s. This conflicted with his work schedule and attempts at accommodation still presented a substantial burden on the business. His refusal to work concluded with his discharge on ground of insubordination. Hardison sued both his workers union, and TWA, and the Supreme Court granted certiorari. The decision of this case focused little on constitutional issue, rather, it placed prominence on the seniority rights of employee’s, which is also provided by Title VII. Ultimately, the court ruled in Hardison that requiring TWA to bear more than “de minimis cost” (i.e., something so small or trifling that the law will not recognize it) to accommodate religious needs is an undue hardship, and that since there was no alternative solution without revoking the seniority rights of others, they were not required to accommodate.

The Supreme Court, applying aspects of Hardison to their review of Groff, concluded that TWA’s undue hardship defense in Hardison continually referenced proffered accommodations as “substantial burdens.” Therefore, the court reasoned that an “undue hardship” is presented when a burden is “substantial in the overall context of an employer’s business” rather than “more than a de minimis cost.” Further, the court asserted that Title VII requires that employers reasonably accommodate an employee’s practice of religion, not that it simply assesses the reasonableness of said accommodations. Specifically, the majority found that USPS had not considered the totality of the accommodations it was able to provide to Groff.

The Supreme Court held that the Third Circuit court utilizing a “more than de minimis cost” test may have led them to neglect numerous possible accommodations. Since this test was discovered to be flawed by the justices, the judgment of the Third Circuit Court was vacated, and Groff’s case was remanded for further proceedings.

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[1] 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, 600 U.S. ___ (2023)

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-supreme-court/21-476.html

[2] Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 600 U. S. ___ (2023)

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-supreme-court/20-1199.html

[3] Counterman v. Colorado, 600 U. S. ___ (2023)

[4] Groff v. DeJoy, 600 U. S. ___ (2023)

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‘Why? I Mean, We Won’: The Century-Long Battle Over This Confederate Flag

The 28th Virginia battle flag. (Minnesota Historical Society) This April, 2023 story deals with the captured 28th Virginia battle flag in Minnesota’s possession. “Nearly 160 years later, a fight remains between the North and the South and it’s not over state’s rights or slavery. It’s over a flag. ‘This is a story about one of those intense little ghost battles that continue to spin off from the…

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qupritsuvwix · 2 years

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#28th virginia infantry #battle flag #4th of july #blm #not enough #pz meyers

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Can you tell us anything about the 1st Minnesota? I saw a post about them suffering mass casualties, saving battles, and taking a flag that they still have and I want to know more.

For sure! Here's a link to an article with the full explanation, which I will summarize.

The flag of the 28th Virginia infantry was captured during Pickett's charge at the Battle of Gettysburg by Marshall Sherman, a private in the 1st Minnesota infantry. He was awarded a Medal of Honor for this act.

He looks pretty smug, right? I probably would be too.

"We took it. That makes it our heritage.” -Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, 2000

But Virginia wants her flag back. She's been asking for a really long time. Like... 150 years. The state of Minnesota, however, does not agree that Virginia should have the flag. Here's a brief rundown of that struggle:

A president ordered the return of the flag

Congress passed a resolution to return the flag

Reenactors demanded the return of the flag and threatened to sue

Virginia asked for it back in 1965 for the 100th anniversary of the Civil War

The US Army's chief of military history wanted the flag to be displayed in Virginia

Virginia governor asked to "borrow" the flag

(Source 1) (Source 2) (Source 3)

As amusing as this might be, it's a great example about the complexities of cultural heritage, especially as it related to the American Civil War. But if you're ever in Saint Paul, go say hi.

-Reid

#he speaks #he answers #artifacts #american civil war #battle flag #thank you for being so patient

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Monday: Try to call my low cost mental health clinic cause I'm feeling rough and think I might need a meds adjustment. I forgot, it's labor day or something, and they don't answer. I don't get a day off from being mentally ill but hey, I still hope they're having a nice time. 👍

Tuesday: Call again, ask to speak to Cool NP. Get appointment for the next day. Okay, cool, I can wait. ✔

Wednesday: Appointment! Cool NP ups my dose and sends it to the Big Lady Doctor who handles ADHD meds. Should be ready tomorrow. ✔

Thursday: Go to clinic to get meds and call to have them brought out. 20 minutes later I am given a bag with my 2 other scrips but not the Vyvanse. ❌ We flag down the pharm tech and politely ask her to go get that rolling, or find out what is going on. 20 minutes later, I get a call. Big Lady Doctor is IN VIRGINIA until the 28th of September. (1,200 miles) ❌ Other Big Doctor, Very Weird Super Old Forgetful Guy Who Is Incredibly Into Wolves, is only in the clinic 3 days a week. I ask if he is there today. Staff has to go see if his wizened carcass has been dragged home yet. It has not! ✔ They give his withered claw a jiggle and Big Doctor VWSOFGWIIIW rubber stamps the scrip. Hallelujah. ✔ They will call when it's ready. I am still in the parking lot. I wait another hour. They call. They can't fill it because the dose increased and they need a prior authorization from Medicaid. ❌ I tell them to send it. I actually CALL MEDICAID and somehow by the grace of god reach their pharmacy desk in one try. I tell them to watch for it and ask about turnaround. They say maybe today, maybe early tomorrow. Very nice but ultimately unhelpful. I drive home after 2 hours spent in the parking lot looking at some trees. It's the most green I have seen all week. I am still feeling terrible. 💀

Friday: Spend an HOUR calling my pharmacy every 15 minutes. They never answer. I escalate to every 5 minutes for half an hour. Then 6 back to back calls. No answer. ❌ Seventh call, they pick up. I ask about my meds. Medicaid has not returned my prior authorization. ❌ I try to call Medicaid with the EXACT same number. The phone tree is different. A mystery. I select the option for "patient". I am rerouted to the "provider" line. The rep seems shocked and flustered, has no idea what to do with me. ❌ I suggest that I might be transferred to or given the right direct phone number or extension for the pharmacy desk. They ask for my provider number. I remind them I am a patient and give them my social. They mumble something about transferring me to the patient line. I get some hold music, some ringing, more hold music, then the line disconnects. ❌ I call again. The same thing happens, sans ever reaching a rep. ❌ I call the pharmacy back and ask them to call when they hear back. They tell me they will try but they close at 2:30. ❌ It is 12:30. Without expecting them to do it, I tell them to call me if they haven't heard back from Medicaid by then as that will still leave me with a couple of hours to work on this from the Medicaid side. I am now feeling significantly worse than I did when this started on Tuesday. I also feel ill, possibly from stress. I just want a break, as I have been trying to solve this myself for two days. At least I am not in a parking lot. I lay down to rest a little. Bad idea. 💀 I sleep through 2:30 by accident. 💀 The pharmacy never called. ❌ It is only 4:30 at this point. Even though it's Friday and they're probably out, I try Medicaid again. I get the phone tree that works! I talk to a helpful rep. The pharmacy never sent the prior authorization. ❌❌❌ I now have to start over with the pharmacy on Monday. They will send the prior authorization, then I will have to call Medicaid to confirm they did, then keep bothering them both until it is returned, guaranteed at least 24 hours later. Then I will have to call the pharmacy, maybe repeatedly, to get them to put 30 pills in a plastic bottle and walk about 30 yards to get it to my car. ❌❌❌💀💀💀

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I...I don't even know what to say. I would have my social worker handle this, but she's not good at this sort of thing. She doesn't make back to back calls unless I am physically in her presence and probably, at that point, crying. Otherwise she gives people time to do their jobs. But you can't, with these people. You can't. Because they won't. Are they overworked and understaffed? Yes, 100%. But some of this is just inexcusable.

I have a neurological disorder. It makes it very hard to do things. To self-motivate and initiate tasks. I have anxiety, which makes phone calls hard and fighting with pharmacy people and phone reps really hard. I take stress poorly because I am mentally ill. I am currently undermedicated for ADHD, and struggling both with executive function and depression from lack of dopamine, the chemical that lets you feel happy.

I still did all of this, and I did it for nothing. It has cost me quite a bit, reserves-wise. Maybe for a normal person it wouldn't be too bad, I don't know. I'm not normal. I am getting treatment for a reason, I am certified as disabled for a reason. That reason is that I am neuroatypical and seriously mentally ill. All of this is so much harder for me than it is for someone who is not.

I still did it. I should not have to do it!

I kicked down doors, rattled cages, remained polite, made over a dozen phone calls, waited in a goddamn parking lot for two hours, and at every stage I have had to walk people through taking the next step at THEIR JOB, and I should not have to do it.

And this week, from Tuesday to Friday, I did it for nothing.

This is what disabled people get for the crime of being different. I just don't know what to say.

If you're able to do a basic thing like call your doctor and get a refill within 2 days? Congrats. You are immensely fucking lucky.

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MESSAGE IN HONOR OF THE 76TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE HISTORIC RAISING OF THE NATIONAL FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ATOP THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT SURIBACHI IN IWO JIMA

Ladies and gentlemen, to all the people of the United States of America and Canada, to all our remaining living veterans of the Second World War of 1939-1945 and of all conflicts past and present and their families, to our veterans, active servicemen and women, reservists and families of the entire United States Armed Forces and Canadian Armed Forces, and to all the uniformed military and civil security services of the Allied combatants of this conflict, to all the immediate families, relatives, children and grandchildren of the deceased veterans, fallen service personnel and wounded personnel of our military services and civil uniformed security and civil defense services, to all our workers, farmers and intellectuals, to our youth and personnel serving in youth uniformed and cadet organizations and all our athletes, coaches, judges, sports trainers and sports officials, and to all our sports fans, to all our workers of culture, music, traditional arts and the theatrical arts, radio, television, digital media and social media, cinema, heavy and light industry, agriculture, business, tourism and the press, and to all our people of the free world:

Today, the whole world remembers among others the arrival in 1778 of the great Prussian general Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben to the Continental Army quarters in Valley Forge, the beginning of the historic siege of The Alamo in 1836, and the anniversary of the 1847 Battle of Buena Vista, the 1905 formation of the Rotary Club, the beginning of the February Revolution and the formation of the Federal Communications Commission in 1917, the Miracle on Ice of 1980 and the attempted coup by several officers of the Spanish Civil Guard in the Cortes in 1981.

Today we join in the celebrations of the 51st anniversary since the declaration of the Republic of Guayana in 1970, the one hundredth and third year anniversary of the 1918 declaration of independence of the Republic of Estonia and the thirty-seventh year anniversary of the independence of Brunei Darussalam in 1984, as well as the 7th year anniversary of the closing of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games and the victory of the Ukrainian Euromaidan Revolution of 2014.

On this day in 1945 the Red Army and the Polish Armed Forces in the East ended the Nazi occupation of Poznan, the Philippine capital city of Manila was liberated from the Japanese despite its wartime damages and at the cost of so many lives, the Los Banos internment camp in the namesake town in Laguna Province was found and its POWs then liberated by a joint force of Filipino guerillas and American soldiers from the US Army’s 11th Airborne Division, and the RAF Bomber Command destroyed Pforzheim from the air.

Today marks 76 years since Easy Company, 2/506, 3BCT, 101ABN departed from Hagenau in northeastern Alsace, France, after weeks of helping its liberation and reinforcing its defenses against any remaining German resistance. Easy Company’s deployment in this part of France just miles from the Rhine was marked by times of sadness and joys among its men, most notably the return of Market Garden veteran David Webster and the promotion of some of its veteran officers.

And today, ladies and gentlemen, in these changing times in the long history of our planet and of all humankind, together with the thousands of serving men and women of the United States Marine Corps, we celebrate 76 years since the historic moment that forever has been a part of the heritage of the Marine Corps and the long 245 year history of the United States of America: the diamond jubilee anniversary since the very day that the national flag of the United States of America was raised on the peak of Mount Suribachi in the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. What we are celebrating today is now in the clear light of the recent revelations of the United States Marine Corps which was made public on June 23 of 2016 and later on in 2019 thanks to efforts made by historians and history experts and resource persons concerned, ending years of speculation and mystery surrounding the events of this this battle that is, for all generations, part of the history of not just the Corps, but of the entire United States Armed Forces. It is a battle that deserves our profound remembrance and commemoration, and a historic moment that will be always remembered for all our generations.

The six Marine flag raisers of Iwo Jima, Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporals Harold Keller and Harlon Brock, and Privates First Class Ira Hayes, Franklin R. Sousley and Harold Schultz, all of the 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment of the 5th Marine Division, all participants of the heroic landing and battle for the liberation of Iwo Jima from the military might of the Empire of Japan, are the very people that represented the hundreds of thousands of Marines of V Amphibious Corps who fought on that island together with their fellow servicemen of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and the National Guard Bureau. It was these six servicemen who represented the millions of Marines who fought in the Pacific Theater of Operations, as well as serving in Navy and Coast Guards vessels in all theaters of the war. It was they who represented the diversity of peoples from all walks of life and from ethnicities and nationalities who during the long war served as part of the victorious armed forces, resistance organizations and security forces of the Allied Powers. It was they who on this day 76 years ago, chosen by destiny to stand on behalf of millions of Americans, flew the flag of the nation on the summit of Mount Suribachi and became part of the long and cherished memories of a victory that will last forever. It was this flag raising that would be forever be immortalized in the 2005 movie Flags of our Fathers.

These six men, who came from different parts of the United States, were the ones who 76 years past raised our symbol of liberty and independence in the summit of Mount Suribachi, motivated by the foremost wishes of the then Secretary of the Navy, James Forestal, that the Iwo Jima campaign be symbolized by the flying of the national flag not just as symbol of the power and dignity of the Armed Forces and as proof of the American liberation of the island, but also to show the world that the United States Marine Corps has once more performed to the world its primary responsibilty of perfoming amphibious conventional and un-conventional warfare operations for the sake of the defense of the people and government of the United States, its foreign interests and business abroad and in defense of its overseas diaspora and the freedoms and liberties of millions all over the world. The historic flag raising that we remember today is just part of a long history of faithful service of the branch of the Armed Forces to the nation and people of the United States from its beginnings in 1775 during the Revolutionary War under the authority of the Second Continental Congress to overseas operations today in Iraq and Afghanistan and in support of federal, state and regional authorities in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing vaccination program in the United States and it its military bases abroad. Once more it honors the memory of the heroes and martyrs of one of the greatest military operations in United States history, and the legacy of the heroic valor shown in this island has been forever immortalized in stone in the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, for over six and a half decades.

As we recall the flagraisers of Iwo Jima, we today recall the legacy they left to our country and people on this very day in our history as they threw open the doors of victory and peace that would in just a few months be upon the world with the victory over the Axis Powers, first in Europe and Northern Africa, and then in the Asia-Pacific.

We will never forget that these six Marines, whose contributions to the legacy of the defense and security of our nation were made on this day, were among those who were worthy to ensure the fierce physical and mental training required to be United States Marines and thus made themselves part of the long and distinguished history of this institution. In these changing times of our history, by our acts of remembrance and honor in memory of the events of the long battle for the liberation of Iwo Jima against the forces of the Empire of Japan, we never forget to remember the heroic actons done during the days of this great battle and most especially the six thousand American military servicemen who perished in this tiny island for the sake of the freedoms, dreams and aspirations not just of the people of the United States of America but also of all the millions of people of the free world. These Marines, together with those who served with them in V Amphibious Corps, are once more a reminder to the nation and the world of the patriotic and internationalist duties of the men and women of our armed forces, whether be active or reserve, together with the National Guard and the state defense forces and state naval forces, in the defense of the independence and liberty of millions all over the world and of both American and common international interests, and the responsibility of all Americans to help not just in national defense but in the building of national prosperity, security and safety, preservation of the country’s religions and cultures, safekeeping the enviroment and the sites of national importance, and becoming active in sports and recreation, as well as in spreading the values of our nation and people to millions all over the world.

The legacy left today by these men in scarlet and dark blue, which has become a part of our military historic and patriotic patrimony and heritage as a people and nation, and a eternal memory of the millions who fought and died in the Second World War, reminds us that as one people we owe a lot to the men and women of our Armed Forces and the National Guard and their veterans in the defense of the ideals of freedom and independence of our country and its continued existence amongst the community of united and independent nations of the world.

Ladies and gentlemen and people of our free world:

As one united people, in the midst of the worst pandemic in human history, it is with deep respect and gratitude, with humble respect and our deepest thanks not just to those who died but also to those who survived and our remaining veterans of this great battle living among us, as the whole world remembers and celebrates this very moment in our history and most of all in the history of the glorious United States Armed Forces, we, in remembrance of all the fallen and with profound thoughts of all who serve today in the armed forces and in our uniformed security and civil defense services, greet each other and the men and women of the United States Marine Corps as we celebrate together as one nation and one free world the seventy-sixth year anniversary of the historic raising of the national flag of the United States of America by these 6 brave Marines of the 5th Marine Division, risking even to lose their very own lives in the defense of their country and her people. The diamond legacy left by this historic act remains part of our long history and the patrimony of her Armed Forces, and thus is one of the greatest defining actions by the millions who served during those critical times of our history, those who are collectively called as our “greatest generation” of the armed forces, resistance organizations and our civilian security services. Only few remain living among the thousands who survived the battle and helped win one of the greatest operations in the military history of the United States, and today we thank these remaining living veterans of Iwo Jima, who 76 years ago helped bring forth the victory over the Empire of Japan in the Asia-Pacific, for their service to the nation and for their contributions to the victory won in this part of the world. To them, we owe our gratitude and pledge thus to honor the legacy they left behind in our history and to forever remain committed to fight just as they did long ago towards a better world.

May this great moment, which forever belongs in the annals of American military history, be for all generations a moment that will be forever a part of our history and sacred patrimony, and a part in the long 246-year history of the United States Marine Corps and the 74 years of the modern United States Armed Forces, truly a sacred and memorable moment of national pride that will be forever be remembered and never forgotten in our hearts for years and decades to come and in the hearts of all the people of the free world, and most of all of the American people, a memorable moment that will be treasured to our children. For this very immortal battle, one of many Allied victories in the Pacific Theater of Operations and one of the greatest military victories of the United States Armed Forces in this part of the world during the Second World War, shall be remembered as the one very battle that showed the world the bravery, courage and determination of the United States Marine for the defense of the American nation and all the free peoples of the world, and for the preservation of the values of freedom and liberty on which the United States was formed, thanks in part of the courage and gallantry shown by the US Marines in the early years of the nation that it helped to build. Today, as we honor this historic anniversary of such a great moment by these 6 Marines for our country and Corps, we once again recall the sacrifices made by the men and women of our Armed Forces in the victory won in this battle and many other combat operations in the Second World War in Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific, flying the flag that today was raised in triumph in the peak of Mount Suribachi and in all our installations and military bases, in the sacred cause of the defense of the republic and her people and the cause of independence and liberty of the peoples of the free world. Once more, we today reaffirm that no matter what the dangers this world might face, with the strength and determination of the thousands of servicemen and women in the Armed Forces and the National Guard Bureau, and the inspiration of our heroes of the past, we will overcome all trials and disasters, and forge onwards towards the goal of a better tomorrow for our future generations.

In closing, may the eternal memory of these brave 6 Marine flagbearers, who risked their futures and their lives for the sake of our liberty 76 years ago when they raised the very symbol of our freedom, sovereignity and independence, be honored all the more by our efforts by all of us today, the people of this great land together with the free peoples of the world, everyday and by the generations to come – the very eternal memory of them and of all the millions who fought in the Second World War who will never be forgotten and will be honored for all time, in very age, century upon century, for the peace of our world and for the future of humanity!

And may this historic moment live on the hearts of the millions of American people and forever remain a celebration worthy to be honored as forever a part of the history and patrimony not just of the United States Marine Corps and the United States Armed Forces, but also as a great moment in the history of our great independent homeland the United States of America!

ETERNAL GLORY TO THE FALLEN OF THE BATTLE OF MANILA AND THE BOMBING OF PFORZHEIM!

LONG LIVE THE 37TH NATIONAL DAY OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, THE 51st ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUAYANA, AND THE 7th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLOSING OF THE SOCHI WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES AND THE VICTORY OF THE EUROMAIDAN REVOLUTION!

ETERNAL GLORY TO THE MEMORY OF THE 6 MARINES WHO ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY EXACTLY 76 YEARS AGO ON THIS VERY DAY IN OUR HISTORY, ATOP THE PEAK OF MOUNT SURIBACHI IN IWO JIMA, RISKING EVEN TO SUFFER DEATH BY ENEMY GUNFIRE, BAYONETS AND GRENADES, RAISED THE VERY SYMBOL OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY, OUR GLORIOUS NATIONAL FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

ETERNAL GLORY AND MEMORY TO THE HEROES, MARTYRS AND VETERANS OF THE GREAT BATTLE OF IWO JIMA, ONE OF THE GREATEST BATTLES EVER FOUGHT BY THE MEN OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS!

ETERNAL GLORY TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THE VETERANS, ALLIED HEROES AND FALLEN OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS!

LONG LIVE THE GLORIOUS, INVINCIBLE AND LEGENDARY UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, ALWAYS FAITHFUL TILL THE END FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OF THE FREE WORLD!

GLORY TO THE VICTORIOUS PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HER UNIFORMED SERVICES!

AND FINALLY, GLORY TO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEFENDERS OF OUR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY AND GUARANTEE OF A FUTURE WORTHY OF OUR GENERATIONS TO COME!

May our Almighty God bless our great country, the land of the free and the home of the brave, the first of the free republics of our modern world, our beloved, great and mighty United States of America!

Semper Fidelis! Oorah!

1800h, February 23, 2021, the 245th year of the United States of America, the 246th year of the United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps, the 127th of the International Olympic Committee, the 125th of the Olympic Games, the 80th since the beginning of the Second World War in the Eastern Front and in the Pacific Theater, the 76th since the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and the victories in Europe and the Pacific and the 74th of the United States Armed Forces

Semper Fortis

John Emmanuel Ramos

Makati City, Philippines

Grandson of Philippine Navy veteran PO2 Paterno Cueno, PN (Ret.)

(Honor by Hans Zimmer) (Platoon Swims) (Rendering Honors)

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angrybell · 4 years

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Americans are really awful about our history. But for those who do know some of our history, there is the idea that the Union Army of the Potomac was saved by the 20th Maine’s stand on Little Round Top.

Why is this? Partly it has to do with what they did. There can be no denying that. The other part, I believe, is that the people who write the history books are often professors. What was Colonel Chamberlain? He was a college professor who went to war. James McPherson once was asked who his favorite Civil War person was. He, rather sheepishly according to his friend David Hackett Fischer, replied “Chamberlain” and when pressed would explain it was because they were both college professors.

This is not to say that the Mainers didn’t save the day on July 2, 1863. Its just that it wasn’t the only time the Union forces were saved from catastrophe on July 2nd. Hell it was even the only time that afternoon.

As the fighting on Little Round Top was nearing its climactic charge around 5:30 p.m., there were two other attacks being made by Longstreet’s First Corps and part of A.P. Hill’s Third Corps, both of the Army of Northern Virginia, that were on the verge of breaking through.

Just north Hood’s Division, which was fighting in the Devil’s Den and trying to capture Little Round Top, there was McLaws Division of Longstreet’s Corps was trying to push through the Trostle farm. They had gotten bogged down fighting along Plum Run and in the the place that became known as The Wheatfield. The Wheatfield would change hands four times before the Union forces were pushed back.

To their north was Anderson’s division which was part of A.P. Hill’s Third Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. They were trying to make headway through what has gone down in history as the Peach Orchard. In their way was the A.A. Humphrey’s understrength division of about 1,000 men. His division was taking the full weight of the Anderson’s division in addition to Barksdale’s Mississippi brigade (part of McLaws’s Division) which was spilling over from the attack further south. In fact, McClaws brigade alone outnumbered Humphrey’s division (1,500 to 1000 according to the sources).

A little after 6 p.m., Humphrey’s division was about to collapse, being overwhelmed by the Confederate regiments from Alabama and Florida that made up Wilcox’s brigade.

Major General Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac had already stripped himself of reserves to support the fight on his left flank where the III Corps was trying to hold on. The III Corps commander, Major General Dan Sickles (who precipitated this impending disaster) was now wounded and being carried off the field to have one of his legs amputated. With Humphrey’s Division giving way, a gap was opening up in the line.

While Meade was trying to find more troops from elsewhere, he was being assisted by Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, commander of the II Corps. Going north from the end of the Union line at the Round Tops, V Corps and III Corps were mixed together trying to hold off Longstreet and A.P. Hill’s attacks. Just north of them was Hancock’s II Corps. II Corps was responsible for Cemetary Ridge, the center of the Army of the Potomac’s fish hook line.

Hancock started feeding troops from his II Corps into the fight to try and close the gap that was forming. He committed the closest units at hand. First, he had a Colonel George Willard’s brigade of New York regiments check the Barksdale brigade as it tried to exploit the opening.

As Willard’s men fought to drive the Missippians back from the Emmitsburg Road, Hancock could see the Alabamians and Floridians of Wilcox’s Brigade nearing the base of Cemetary ridge. If they got on the ridge, they could start to roll up the II Corps’ flank and rupture the Army of the Potmac’s lines entirely.

Looking around, the only troops he could see were the 1st Minnesota Voluntteer Infantry Regiment.

The 1st Minnesota was under the command of Colonel William Colvill. It had been the first regiment to reach Washington DC after Lincoln called for volunteers. It had seen action at the First Battle of Bull Run/First Manasas, where it was one of the last units of the Union forces to leave the field and left it in good order, unlike other regiments which it was brigades with which had retreated in confusion. At Antietam, it been part of Sedgwick’s attack on the West Woods. At Bull Run it had lost 20% of its strength. Antietam cost it another 28% of its remaining men. On July 2, 1863, Colvill had 262 men (one company was detached and not available on July 2) when Hancock spotted his regiment.

Hancock rode over to the regiment and pointed at the nearest Confederate banner, telling Col. Colvill, “Advance Colonel, and take those colors.” Those colors were among the thousand or so confederate soldiers that Wilcox still had ready to go up Cemetary Ridge. The 1st Minnesota would be outnumbered 5 to 1.

Colonel Colvill quickly pointed the regiment in the right direction, had them fix bayonets and charged into 11th Alabama, part of Wilcox’s brigade, while taking fire from two brigades (Wilcox’s and . Wilcox would report after the battle that he had almost captured Cemetary Ridge “when still another line of infantry descended the slop in our font at the a double-quick.... Three several times did this last of the enemy’s lines attempt to drive my men back and were as often repulsed.”

The 1st Minnesota had five flag holders go down in the attack. Of the 262 men that took part in the charge, 215 were dead or wounded when the fighting ended on July 2. Among the wounded was Colvill, his second in command. The remaining 47 men would eventually withdraw, without the Alabamian flag, under its senior surviving officer, Captain Nathan Messick after it was clear Wilcox’s attack had been stalled.

The 82% the single greatest loss to any Union regiment during the Civil War. Only the 1st Texas at Antietam had suffered worse casualties.

Despite being reduced to less than a company’s authorized strength, the 1st Minnesota was not done. Moved to a position about a 150 yards from the Copse of Trees on Cemetary Ridge, they thought their battle was over. By some twist of fate, their position was just south of the objective of the Pickett’s Charge, the Copse of Trees, and about 200 yards south of point where the Confederate tried to break the line, known as The Angle.

Reinforced by the company which had been detached for duty elsewhere on July 3, the 1st Minnesota would once again charge into advancing rebels when they started to push through near the Codori farm house on Cemetary Ridge. Men started to fall again, and of the last three captains of the regiment, two would die, leaving Captain Henry Coates in command of the survivors. This time, however, when they attacked, they fought their way into the 28th Virginian Infantry Regiment. During the chaotic, close quarters fighting, Private Marshall Sherman of C Company captured the 28th Virginia’s colors.

After the war, Hancock would say that “No soldiers on any field, in this or any other country, ever displayed grander heroism.”

Minnesota still holds the colors as a war trophy. They used to be on display but haven’t been for a while, which is a shame.

The 1st Minnesota’s lineage is carried on by the 2/135th Infantry Regiment of the Minnesota Army National Guard.

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iraklismytridis · 5 years

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End Time Madness As we are now right before the dawn of the new Golden Age, a strong purification must occur before we as a planet can enter the Light. This purification is called the end time madness.

The end time madness is happening individually, with many people freaking out and showing dysfunctional behavior, but also globally.

Since they know now that their end is inevitable, the Cabal wants to destroy the surface human population in the process of their own downfall.

They attempted that in December last year by triggering the financial collapse through the repo market, and that did not work, they tried that in early January through escalation with Iran, that did not work, they tried to engineer a false flag in Virginia, that did not work, so what is left?

A global pandemic scare.

2019-nCoV is an advanced ethnic bioweapon that targets mostly Asian population:

https://benjaminfulford.net/2020/01/29/engineered-novel-corona-virus-okay-for-europeans/

The current epidemic is a result of covert biological warfare that goes on between China and USA.

Chinese long term military strategy against USA is based on bioweapons to a great degree:

https://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=139739

http://thelibertyman.com/docs/ChineseDefenceMinisterSpeech.pdf

The Chinese agents have stolen the coronavirus from Canadian lab:

https://greatgameindia.com/coronavirus-bioweapon/

http://greatgameindia.com/chinese-researchers-caught-stealing-coronavirus-from-canadian-lab/

And upgraded it into a bioweapon at the lab in Wuhan:

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/man-behind-global-coronavirus-pandemic

https://greatgameindia.com/dr-xiangguo-qiu-chinese-biological-warfare-agent/

https://s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/news.guo.offload.media/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/25133703/Brief-summary-of-evidence-of-lab-finish.pdf

Then a USA agent, previously infiltrated into the Wuhan lab, and involved in the development of the virus, stole a sample of coronavirus and spread it into the Wuhan seafood and animal market. From then on the virus was spreading with geometric progression that can really look scary:

https://moneymaven.io/mishtalk/economics/coronavirus-geometric-progression-suggests-100-000-infections-in-a-week-jzcZTq6Je0GpmioumMXSyg

It is interesting to note here that Peter Salama, a renowned epidemiologist that worked for WHO and a board member of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, died on January 23rd:

https://www.gavi.org/news/media-room/gavi-statement-following-death-peter-salama

https://www.healthpolicy-watch.org/global-health-emergencies-advocate-peter-salama-dies-at-age-51/

The Pleiadians are working tirelessly to stop the epidemic. On Friday, January 24th, they have developed the first Stardust nanopowder to erase the virus and have spread it towards the surface of the planet from their ships stationed in Low Earth Orbit. The virus has reacted to the nanodust and mutated into a slightly less lethal and slightly more transmissible form.

Learning from the reaction of the virus, the Pleiadians have developed a more advanced version of Stardust and applied it on Monday and Tuesday (January 27th and 28th).

As as result of this, the virus is not spreading anymore with geometric progression as it was until now, and appears to be slowing down:

The Light forces are expecting that the spread of infection will even out in a week or two, with less and less new cases reported after that.

After enough attempts, the Pleiadians will be able to completely hack the virus and stop it from spreading, exactly in the same way they stopped the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu#End_of_the_pandemic

The viruses can only spread effectively when they receive support from the dark forces on the plasma plane.

Also, all remaining Chimera plasma spiders, which are up to a few miles in diameter, are extremely starved and on the brink of extinction, and now they are rushing to Wuhan and other cities with high number of infections to feed off fear and suffering.

This is a perfect trap for them, as the Light Forces can clear them much more effectively when they all gathered in such a small space and are not evenly spread around the surface of the planet anymore.

The Light Forces are now intensively clearing all the infection-supporting plasma and all plasma Chimera spiders and with this rate of purification, all plasma Chimera beings will be gone in a week or two, with only physical Chimera in US Space Command and DARPA remaining.

The Light Forces are asking everybody that feels so guided to support this clearing process by visualizing violet flame purifying all virus-supporting plasma and all plasma Chimera spiders.

People can also help stopping the coronavirus epidemic with the following meditation:

https://www.welovemassmeditation.com/2020/01/Urgent-meditation-to-stop-the-pandemics-outbreak-in-china-every-4-hours.html

It is very important to stay calm and not give into fear. To put things into perspective, over 80,000 people died from common flu in 2018 in United States alone, and nobody seems to worry:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/least-80-000-people-died-flu-last-winter-u-s-n913486

And 650,000 people worldwide:

https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/14-12-2017-up-to-650-000-people-die-of-respiratory-diseases-linked-to-seasonal-flu-each-year

For an average human being, the risk of getting this coronavirus is very low and will most likely remain low:

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/01/bill-sardi/your-chance-of-developing-symptoms-or-dying-from-the-menacing-coronavirus-that-now-threatens-global-human-populations-is-0-0000017482-symptoms-0-0000001137-death/

The best advice for anybody would be to threat this epidemic the same way as the common flu. This will take out the most of the fear.

You can check the current state of the epidemic here:

https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/01/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/

And here:

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

When this epidemic scare subsides, the Cabal has another trick up their sleeves:

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/a-plague-of-billions-of-locusts-threatens-to-create-a-horrific-end-times-famine-all-over-africa

Even that will not work, as the Light Forces are already working on the solution.

The Blue Dawn is coming:

https://www.thegoldenagegoddess.com/2020/01/dream-vision-of-planet-earths-victory.html?m=1

Victory of the Light!

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isisapollon · 5 years

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