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*Eric Cash/CL File
*Why not Civil War History Month? 

 
From the Very Unofficial Governor of the State of Georgia for Today
A Proclamation 
Civil War History Month

WHEREAS: All state offices are closed today for Confederate Memorial Day, a state holiday not to be confused with next month’s (Unionist?) Memorial Day;

WHEREAS: Since Gov. Nathan Deal is out of the office today, and because he did not issue a proclamation this year about Confederate History and Heritage Month, I hereby issue my own proclamation through the wholly imaginary power of proclamatus in guberno abstentia; 

WHEREAS: Confederate Memorial Day falls on the 27th this year, but in 1874, the Georgia Assembly officially named the “26th day of April in each year” as Confederate Memorial Day. The day recognizes Confederate States Army Gen. Joe Johnston’s surrender to Union Gen. William T. Sherman at Bennett’s Farm in North Carolina 150 years ago.  The Civil War ended for more than 89,000 Southern soldiers on this day a century and a half ago, representing the largest surrender of the Civil War, even larger than Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. While the fighting wouldn’t truly end until later that year, April 26, 1865 marked the end of major hostilities;

WHEREAS: Georgia’s governors have issued many proclamations over the years in the lead up to Confederate History and Heritage Month. In recent years, these proclamations have recognized southern white women (2002, 2003, 2014), Native Americans (2005, 2010), Jewish Americans (2009), and John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola and as it turns out, a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army (2006). Conspicuously omitted is any mention whatsoever of slavery or the plight of African-Americans. In 2012, the proclamations stopped referencing the “Civil War,” instead calling the conflict the “War Between the States,” a label supported for more than a century by the United Daughters of the Confederacy,  a group whose false claims include saying that it is “difficult for historians to agree on the war’s basic causes” (no, it isn’t) and the Confederate flag was “recognized all over the world as belonging to a nation” separate from the U.S. (no, it wasn’t). Perhaps we should just be thankful we’re not calling it “The War of Northern Aggression”;

                      
WHEREAS: For years, the state of Georgia informally recognized all of April as Confederate History and Heritage Month, though it became official when the Georgia Assembly passed Senate Bill 27 in 2009 . A shockingly small number of Georgia’s state senators and representatives voted against SB 27. (Current Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Senator Ronald B. Ramsey, Sr. provided the only two “Nay” votes in the state Senate );

WHEREAS: SB 27 urged all Georgians to “honor, observe, and celebrate the Confederate States of America, its history, those who served in its armed forces and government, and all those millions of its citizens of various races and ethnic groups and religions who contributed in sundry and myriad ways to the cause which they held so dear”;

WHEREAS: I wonder who these “millions” of contributors of “various races and ethnic groups and religious” could possibly have been considering the Confederates were a pasty bunch; 

WHEREAS: The name of the particular “cause which they held so dear” goes unspoken, though I can tell you it starts with “s-” and ends with “-lavery.” (Not “-tates rights.”) Georgia’s ordinance of secession wasn’t so bashful about the “cause” of the war, as shown in its second sentence: “For the last ten years we have had numerous and serious causes of complaint against our non-slave-holding confederate States with reference to the subject of African slavery.” Robert Toombs, in his farewell address to the U.S. Senate, excoriated his Northern colleagues for their efforts to “upturn our social system,” “steal our slaves,” “make them freemen to vote against us,” and “bring an inferior race in a condition of equality, socially and politically, with our own people.” The Confederate Constitution, largely cribbed from the original U.S. version, differed significantly in one way: it very specifically made slavery the eternal law of the land, and included the phrase, “No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed.”  Or put succinctly, no backsies on slavery;

WHEREAS: SB 27 urged Georgians to “commemorate and honor our shared history and cultural inheritance.” I imagine most African-Americans, who make up 31 percent of the state’s population, might not want to celebrate the Confederacy. Nor would the Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans who make up 14 percent of the state, or any minority group for that matter. Nor would the millions of Northerners who have moved to Georgia over the past few decades, many of whom had ancestors fight for the Union. Come to think of it, I don’t think most white people like me who were born and raised in the South — owners of the Confederate flag license plate notwithstanding — identify in the slightest with Georgia’s antebellum culture of enslavement;

WHEREAS: The story of the Civil War is complex, as we can see in the pro-Union bent of the people living in the South’s mountain regions. Even the case of Gen. William “Make Georgia Howl”  Sherman, the burner of Atlanta, isn’t a simple one. In 1864, he wrote to Atlanta Mayor James Calhoun, “When peace does come, you may call on me for anything. Then I will share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.”  The following year at Bennett’s Farm, Sherman offered his Confederate counterpart Gen. Johnston terms of surrender much more generous than Grant had offered Lee. They were so generous, in fact, that the Cabinet had to rescind Sherman’s original offer;

WHEREAS: The Confederate Memorial Day and Confederate History and Heritage Month neither represents modern Georgia, nor captures the complexity that makes the our state’s Civil War past so interesting. The Civil War, a conflict in which more Americans died than in all other U.S. wars combined, deserves and demands to be studied in all its various aspects; 

WHEREAS: This month should be a time when Georgians make every effort to learn something new about the Civil War. We could visit the battlefield at Kennesaw Mountain instead of the granite relief at Stone Mountain. We could get a close-up a view of the Confederate Constitution (and all its warts) at the University of Georgia. We could make a brief stop at the Confederate soldier burial ground in Oakland Cemetery or the Slave Life exhibition at the Atlanta History Center. We could get out of our cars to view the monuments dedicated to Union General McPherson and CSA General Walker, both in East Atlanta. Or we could take a day trip to Andersonville prison, Fort Pulaski, and the Tubman African-American Museum in Macon. (Really, y’all should just get out there and do anything that teaches you about this painful, yet fascinating era in Georgia’s history);

THEREFORE: I, PAYSON SCHWIN, Very Unofficial Governor For A Day of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim April as CIVIL WAR HISTORY MONTH and April 26 as CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL DAY in Georgia. 

In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have as of yet not figured out how to cause the Seal of the Executive Department to be affixed this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen. 

Payson Schwin
Very Unofficial Governor For A Day

Payson Schwin is an Atlanta writer."
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::__From the Very Unofficial Governor of the State of Georgia for Today__::
::__A Proclamation __::
::__Civil War History Month__::

__WHEREAS__: All state offices are closed today for Confederate Memorial Day, a state holiday not to be confused with next month’s (Unionist?) Memorial Day;

__WHEREAS__: Since Gov. Nathan Deal is out of the office today, and because he did not issue a proclamation this year about Confederate History and Heritage Month, I hereby issue my own proclamation through the wholly imaginary power of ''proclamatus in guberno abstentia''; 

__WHEREAS__: Confederate Memorial Day falls on the 27th this year, but in 1874, the Georgia Assembly officially named the “26th day of April in each year” as Confederate Memorial Day. The day [http://www.11alive.com/news/article/239524/40/Did-you-know-Confederate-Memorial-Day-is-still-a-state-holiday|recognizes] Confederate States Army Gen. Joe Johnston’s surrender to Union Gen. William T. Sherman at Bennett’s Farm in North Carolina 150 years ago.  The Civil War ended for more than 89,000 Southern soldiers on this day a century and a half ago, representing the largest surrender of the Civil War, even larger than Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. While the fighting wouldn’t truly end until later that year, April 26, 1865 marked the end of major hostilities;

__WHEREAS__: Georgia’s governors have issued many proclamations over the years in the lead up to Confederate History and Heritage Month. In recent years, these proclamations have recognized southern white women ([http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GADOOLY/2002-03/1017583584|2002], [http://sonnyperdue.georgia.gov/gov/proclamations/archive/Confederate_History_2003.pdf|2003], [http://spofga.org/flag/2005/april/confederate_proclamations.php|2014]), Native Americans ([http://spofga.org/flag/2005/april/confederate_proclamations.php|2005], [http://sonsofconfederateveterans.blogspot.com/2010/01/georgia-governor-signs-confederate.html|2010]), Jewish Americans ([http://sonnyperdue.georgia.gov/vgn/images/portal/cit_1210/60/46/133301207Confederate History Month 2009.pdf|2009]), and John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola and as it turns out, a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army ([http://sonnyperdue.georgia.gov/gov/proclamations/2006/CONFEDERATE_HISTORY_MONTH_2006.pdf|2006]). Conspicuously omitted is any mention whatsoever of slavery or the plight of African-Americans. In 2012, the proclamations stopped referencing the “Civil War,” instead [https://gov.georgia.gov/sites/gov.georgia.gov/files/related_files/site_page/CHMonthProc2012.pdf|calling] the conflict the “War Between the States,” a label [http://www.hqudc.org/about_udc/WBTS.htm|supported] for more than a century by the United Daughters of the Confederacy,  a group whose false claims include saying that it is “difficult for historians to agree on the war’s basic causes” ([http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military-jan-june11-civilwar_04-12/|no, it isn’t]) and the Confederate flag was “recognized all over the world as belonging to a nation” separate from the U.S. ([https://history.state.gov/milestones/1861-1865/confederacy|no, it wasn’t]). Perhaps we should just be thankful we’re not calling it “The War of Northern Aggression”;

                      
__WHEREAS__: For years, the state of Georgia informally [http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20092010/SB/27|recognized] all of April as Confederate History and Heritage Month, though it became official when the Georgia Assembly passed Senate Bill 27 in 2009 . A shockingly small number of Georgia’s state senators and representatives voted against SB 27. (Current Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Senator Ronald B. Ramsey, Sr. [http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/vote.aspx?VoteID=6064|provided] the only two “Nay” votes in the state Senate );

__WHEREAS__: SB 27 urged all Georgians to “honor, observe, and celebrate the Confederate States of America, its history, those who served in its armed forces and government, and all those millions of its citizens of various races and ethnic groups and religions who contributed in sundry and myriad ways to the cause which they held so dear”;

__WHEREAS__: I wonder who these “millions” of contributors of “various races and ethnic groups and religious” could possibly have been considering the Confederates were a pasty bunch; 

__WHEREAS__: The name of the particular “cause which they held so dear” goes unspoken, though I can tell you it starts with “s-” and ends with “-lavery.” (Not “-tates rights.”) Georgia’s ordinance of secession wasn’t so bashful about the “cause” of the war, as [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_geosec.asp|shown] in its second sentence: “For the last ten years we have had numerous and serious causes of complaint against our non-slave-holding confederate States with reference to the subject of African slavery.” Robert Toombs, in his farewell address to the U.S. Senate, [https://books.google.com/books?id=LvQtAAAAYAAJ&vq=toombs&pg=PA144#v=snippet&q=toombs&f=false|excoriated] his Northern colleagues for their efforts to “upturn our social system,” “steal our slaves,” “make them freemen to vote against us,” and “bring an inferior race in a condition of equality, socially and politically, with our own people.” The Confederate Constitution, largely cribbed from the original U.S. version, differed significantly in one way: it very specifically made slavery the eternal law of the land, and [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_csa.asp|included the phrase], “No bill of attainder, ''ex post facto'' law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed.”  Or put succinctly, no backsies on slavery;

__WHEREAS__: SB 27 urged Georgians to “commemorate and honor our shared history and cultural inheritance.” I imagine most African-Americans, who make up 31 percent of the state’s population, might not want to celebrate the Confederacy. Nor would the Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans who [http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13000.html|make up] 14 percent of the state, or any minority group for that matter. Nor would the millions of Northerners who have [http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/13/upshot/where-people-in-each-state-were-born.html?_r=0|moved to Georgia] over the past few decades, many of whom had ancestors fight for the Union. Come to think of it, I don’t think most white people like me who were born and raised in the South — [http://nation.time.com/2014/02/20/confederate-flag-georgia-license-plate/|owners of the Confederate flag license plate notwithstanding] — identify in the slightest with Georgia’s antebellum culture of enslavement;

__WHEREAS__: The story of the Civil War is complex, as we can see in the pro-Union bent of the people living in the South’s mountain regions. Even the case of Gen. William “[http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/rethinking-shermans-march/?_r=0|Make Georgia Howl]”  Sherman, the burner of Atlanta, isn’t a simple one. In 1864, he [https://books.google.com/books?id=b7lMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=When peace does come, you may call on me for anything&source=bl&ots=AVUUyP5r6B&sig=ANdwfl1JOJ56FrhGPQFW-Ip_uQ4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=taM2VdyfO4LnsASJm4CoDg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=When peace does come, you may call on me for anything&f=false|wrote] to Atlanta Mayor James Calhoun, “When peace does come, you may call on me for anything. Then I will share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.”  The following year at Bennett’s Farm, Sherman offered his Confederate counterpart Gen. Johnston terms of surrender much more generous than Grant had offered Lee. They were so generous, in fact, that the Cabinet had to [http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/end-of-war/johnston-surrenders.html|rescind] Sherman’s original offer;

__WHEREAS__: The Confederate Memorial Day and Confederate History and Heritage Month neither represents modern Georgia, nor captures the complexity that makes the our state’s Civil War past so interesting. The Civil War, a conflict in which more Americans died than in all other U.S. wars combined, deserves and demands to be studied in all its various aspects; 

__WHEREAS__: This month should be a time when Georgians make every effort to learn something new about the Civil War. We could visit the battlefield at Kennesaw Mountain instead of the granite relief at Stone Mountain. We could get a close-up a view of the Confederate Constitution (and all its warts) at the University of Georgia. We could make a brief stop at the Confederate soldier burial ground in Oakland Cemetery or the Slave Life exhibition at the Atlanta History Center. We could get out of our cars to view the monuments dedicated to Union General McPherson and CSA General Walker, both in East Atlanta. Or we could take a day trip to Andersonville prison, Fort Pulaski, and the Tubman African-American Museum in Macon. (Really, y’all should just get out there and do anything that teaches you about this painful, yet fascinating era in Georgia’s history);

__THEREFORE__: I, PAYSON SCHWIN, Very Unofficial Governor For A Day of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim April as CIVIL WAR HISTORY MONTH and April 26 as CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL DAY in Georgia. 

In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have as of yet not figured out how to cause the Seal of the Executive Department to be affixed this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen. 

Payson Schwin
Very Unofficial Governor For A Day

''Payson Schwin is an Atlanta writer''."
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From the Very Unofficial Governor of the State of Georgia for Today
A Proclamation 
Civil War History Month

WHEREAS: All state offices are closed today for Confederate Memorial Day, a state holiday not to be confused with next month’s (Unionist?) Memorial Day;

WHEREAS: Since Gov. Nathan Deal is out of the office today, and because he did not issue a proclamation this year about Confederate History and Heritage Month, I hereby issue my own proclamation through the wholly imaginary power of proclamatus in guberno abstentia; 

WHEREAS: Confederate Memorial Day falls on the 27th this year, but in 1874, the Georgia Assembly officially named the “26th day of April in each year” as Confederate Memorial Day. The day recognizes Confederate States Army Gen. Joe Johnston’s surrender to Union Gen. William T. Sherman at Bennett’s Farm in North Carolina 150 years ago.  The Civil War ended for more than 89,000 Southern soldiers on this day a century and a half ago, representing the largest surrender of the Civil War, even larger than Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. While the fighting wouldn’t truly end until later that year, April 26, 1865 marked the end of major hostilities;

WHEREAS: Georgia’s governors have issued many proclamations over the years in the lead up to Confederate History and Heritage Month. In recent years, these proclamations have recognized southern white women (2002, 2003, 2014), Native Americans (2005, 2010), Jewish Americans (2009), and John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola and as it turns out, a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army (2006). Conspicuously omitted is any mention whatsoever of slavery or the plight of African-Americans. In 2012, the proclamations stopped referencing the “Civil War,” instead calling the conflict the “War Between the States,” a label supported for more than a century by the United Daughters of the Confederacy,  a group whose false claims include saying that it is “difficult for historians to agree on the war’s basic causes” (no, it isn’t) and the Confederate flag was “recognized all over the world as belonging to a nation” separate from the U.S. (no, it wasn’t). Perhaps we should just be thankful we’re not calling it “The War of Northern Aggression”;

                      
WHEREAS: For years, the state of Georgia informally recognized all of April as Confederate History and Heritage Month, though it became official when the Georgia Assembly passed Senate Bill 27 in 2009 . A shockingly small number of Georgia’s state senators and representatives voted against SB 27. (Current Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Senator Ronald B. Ramsey, Sr. provided the only two “Nay” votes in the state Senate );

WHEREAS: SB 27 urged all Georgians to “honor, observe, and celebrate the Confederate States of America, its history, those who served in its armed forces and government, and all those millions of its citizens of various races and ethnic groups and religions who contributed in sundry and myriad ways to the cause which they held so dear”;

WHEREAS: I wonder who these “millions” of contributors of “various races and ethnic groups and religious” could possibly have been considering the Confederates were a pasty bunch; 

WHEREAS: The name of the particular “cause which they held so dear” goes unspoken, though I can tell you it starts with “s-” and ends with “-lavery.” (Not “-tates rights.”) Georgia’s ordinance of secession wasn’t so bashful about the “cause” of the war, as shown in its second sentence: “For the last ten years we have had numerous and serious causes of complaint against our non-slave-holding confederate States with reference to the subject of African slavery.” Robert Toombs, in his farewell address to the U.S. Senate, excoriated his Northern colleagues for their efforts to “upturn our social system,” “steal our slaves,” “make them freemen to vote against us,” and “bring an inferior race in a condition of equality, socially and politically, with our own people.” The Confederate Constitution, largely cribbed from the original U.S. version, differed significantly in one way: it very specifically made slavery the eternal law of the land, and included the phrase, “No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed.”  Or put succinctly, no backsies on slavery;

WHEREAS: SB 27 urged Georgians to “commemorate and honor our shared history and cultural inheritance.” I imagine most African-Americans, who make up 31 percent of the state’s population, might not want to celebrate the Confederacy. Nor would the Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans who make up 14 percent of the state, or any minority group for that matter. Nor would the millions of Northerners who have moved to Georgia over the past few decades, many of whom had ancestors fight for the Union. Come to think of it, I don’t think most white people like me who were born and raised in the South — owners of the Confederate flag license plate notwithstanding — identify in the slightest with Georgia’s antebellum culture of enslavement;

WHEREAS: The story of the Civil War is complex, as we can see in the pro-Union bent of the people living in the South’s mountain regions. Even the case of Gen. William “Make Georgia Howl”  Sherman, the burner of Atlanta, isn’t a simple one. In 1864, he wrote to Atlanta Mayor James Calhoun, “When peace does come, you may call on me for anything. Then I will share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.”  The following year at Bennett’s Farm, Sherman offered his Confederate counterpart Gen. Johnston terms of surrender much more generous than Grant had offered Lee. They were so generous, in fact, that the Cabinet had to rescind Sherman’s original offer;

WHEREAS: The Confederate Memorial Day and Confederate History and Heritage Month neither represents modern Georgia, nor captures the complexity that makes the our state’s Civil War past so interesting. The Civil War, a conflict in which more Americans died than in all other U.S. wars combined, deserves and demands to be studied in all its various aspects; 

WHEREAS: This month should be a time when Georgians make every effort to learn something new about the Civil War. We could visit the battlefield at Kennesaw Mountain instead of the granite relief at Stone Mountain. We could get a close-up a view of the Confederate Constitution (and all its warts) at the University of Georgia. We could make a brief stop at the Confederate soldier burial ground in Oakland Cemetery or the Slave Life exhibition at the Atlanta History Center. We could get out of our cars to view the monuments dedicated to Union General McPherson and CSA General Walker, both in East Atlanta. Or we could take a day trip to Andersonville prison, Fort Pulaski, and the Tubman African-American Museum in Macon. (Really, y’all should just get out there and do anything that teaches you about this painful, yet fascinating era in Georgia’s history);

THEREFORE: I, PAYSON SCHWIN, Very Unofficial Governor For A Day of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim April as CIVIL WAR HISTORY MONTH and April 26 as CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL DAY in Georgia. 

In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have as of yet not figured out how to cause the Seal of the Executive Department to be affixed this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen. 

Payson Schwin
Very Unofficial Governor For A Day

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Among the greatest surprises in my film going experience is this final number from Mervyn LeRoy's Gold Diggers of 1933, a pre-code backstage musical featuring elaborate Busby Berkeley choreographed dance numbers.  

Trojan Horsed into the film's climactic finale is this poignant and striking indictment of the treatment of World War I veterans, depicted as homeless, neglected, and down & out. 



The juxtaposition of stark politics, and grim reality with the lavish fantasy of a stage musical is revelatory.  

What's old is new again as contemporary filmmakers address some of these same issues with documentaries showcasing the lives of returning veterans:

Oscar-nominated doc Hell and Back Again slated to air on PBS' Independent Lens on Monday May 28,  (I've looked and can't seem to find it on any of the local channels - please add times to the comments section if you can find them) follows US Marine Sergeant Nathan Harris, 27 as he returns home from Afghanistan in the Wounded Warrior Regiment at Camp Lejeune recovering from a gunshot wound."
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Among the greatest surprises in my film going experience is this final number from Mervyn LeRoy's ''Gold Diggers of 1933'', a pre-code backstage musical featuring elaborate Busby Berkeley choreographed dance numbers.  

Trojan Horsed into the film's climactic finale is this poignant and striking indictment of the treatment of World War I veterans, depicted as homeless, neglected, and down & out. 



The juxtaposition of stark politics, and grim reality with the lavish fantasy of a stage musical is revelatory.  

What's old is new again as contemporary filmmakers address some of these same issues with documentaries showcasing the lives of returning veterans:

Oscar-nominated doc ''[http://hellandbackagain.com/|Hell and Back Again]'' slated to air on [http://video.pbs.org/video/2189845957/|PBS' Independent Lens] on Monday May 28,  (I've looked and can't seem to find it on any of the local channels - please add times to the comments section if you can find them) follows US Marine Sergeant Nathan Harris, 27 as he returns home from Afghanistan in the Wounded Warrior Regiment at Camp Lejeune recovering from a gunshot wound."
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Trojan Horsed into the film's climactic finale is this poignant and striking indictment of the treatment of World War I veterans, depicted as homeless, neglected, and down & out. 



The juxtaposition of stark politics, and grim reality with the lavish fantasy of a stage musical is revelatory.  

What's old is new again as contemporary filmmakers address some of these same issues with documentaries showcasing the lives of returning veterans:

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A quick tip for the barbecue set-up: Since wine glasses just feel wrong when hanging at a barbecue, it's fine to use plastic cups. But avoid Styrofoam – all you'll taste is wine-scented Styrofoam.

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Pink Criquet 2006 Bordeaux Rosé (France) Soft raspberry and strawberries with firm acidity and a gorgeous finish. A hint of plum and mint make it interesting. Sw = 1. $15. 3.5 stars

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A quick tip for the barbecue set-up: Since wine glasses just feel wrong when hanging at a barbecue, it's fine to use plastic cups. But avoid Styrofoam – all you'll taste is wine-scented Styrofoam.

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Yeah. All the cats that died get this day. My Dad was in the military for 29 years. He deserves his day. To me it's letting them know what they went through and that they got fucked. I respect that. It's tough going to the other side of the world, killing people, people you don't know, and maybe half not knowing what you're there for. I'm against war, but most of them were against war, too. If I killed someone, I would be so disturbed I would kill myself. But I'd definitely kill a Nazi, point-blank, and I wouldn't kill myself after killing the Nazi.

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Folks have more appreciation for the Korean Vets and those earlier but not Vietnam vets. I try not to hold anything in my heart or mind that's negative. But the military taught me discipline. It put me on the right path and gave me a second chance in life. But we've managed to forget Memorial Day and what's important in life. On Memorial Day, I'm packing my bags and leaving town. It's just a matter of timing. I'm going to Oregon and sit in a 200-year-old fir tree so they won't cut the damn thing down.

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My grandfather was a P.O.W. He was shot down somewhere in Asia and to this day he won't eat rice. My Dad was a vet. My father's best friend was killed in Vietnam and my brother is named after him. So it means a lot to me in that sense because I have such a family history. You don't want to forget that. I'll call my dad and my grandfather on Memorial Day, and then I'm going to go to Universal Studios. I've never been to Orlando.??

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Yeah. All the cats that died get this day. My Dad was in the military for 29 years. He deserves his day. To me it's letting them know what they went through and that they got fucked. I respect that. It's tough going to the other side of the world, killing people, people you don't know, and maybe half not knowing what you're there for. I'm against war, but most of them were against war, too. If I killed someone, I would be so disturbed I would kill myself. But I'd definitely kill a Nazi, point-blank, and I wouldn't kill myself after killing the Nazi.

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Folks have more appreciation for the Korean Vets and those earlier but not Vietnam vets. I try not to hold anything in my heart or mind that's negative. But the military taught me discipline. It put me on the right path and gave me a second chance in life. But we've managed to forget Memorial Day and what's important in life. On Memorial Day, I'm packing my bags and leaving town. It's just a matter of timing. I'm going to Oregon and sit in a 200-year-old fir tree so they won't cut the damn thing down.

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My grandfather was a P.O.W. He was shot down somewhere in Asia and to this day he won't eat rice. My Dad was a vet. My father's best friend was killed in Vietnam and my brother is named after him. So it means a lot to me in that sense because I have such a family history. You don't want to forget that. I'll call my dad and my grandfather on Memorial Day, and then I'm going to go to Universal Studios. I've never been to Orlando.??

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SweetWater Brewing Company May 26, 2017, 4:20-7 p.m. I Survived I85 ReOpening Party After a long struggle following the great collapse of I-85, SweetWater will attempt to bring Atlanta's shell-shocked traffic commuters back together again. The brewery will host a weekend party with food provided by Fox Bros Bar-B-Q, live music from MAGIC GIANT and, of course, plenty of SweetWater brews. 21+ Details

Smokebelly BBQB May 26, 2017, 11 a.m. to May 29, 2017, 10 p.m. Smokebelly Red, White, and Q Smokebelly BBQ's Memorial Day weekend in Buckhead will feature live music from Andrew Velez Duo, Jon Q Duo, and the Noah Cothern Trio. Sunday's Memorial Day brunch offers bottomless mimosas, a bloody mary bar and Smokebelly's spin on classic brunch dishes. Order to-go packs on Memorial Day, or use Uber Eats or Postmates for delivery service. Details 

Red Brick Brewing May 26, 2017, 5-8 p.m. Zest in Show Beer Release Zest in Show is Red Brick Brewing's new summer beer, farmhouse brewed with lemon and tangerine peel. Try it at this release party and take home a six-pack before it hits retailers. Details



Saturday

Zoo Atlanta May 27, 2017, 5:30-9:30 p.m. Brew at the ZooB Atlantabs favorite day of exotic animals and booze is turning 10 this year! Celebrate with more than 70 different types of beer, wine, keeper talks and animal demos with some of the zoobs 1,000 nonhuman residents. Live music will come from local bands the Geeks, 8 Second Ride, RTW and Brad Jackson. General admission tickets get you unlimited samples and a commemorative tasting cup. VIP tickets include access to the Brew Preview Party and a surprise up-close-and-personal animal encounter.B B Details

Orpheus Brewing May 27, 2017, noon to May 29, 2017, 5 p.m. Orpheus Brewing: Year ThreeB To celebrate its third anniversary, Orpheus Brewing is opening its doors for a three-day Memorial Day weekend bash. Festivities kick off on Sat., May 27. Along with brewery tours and tastings, there will be food trucks, a lineup of bourbon barrel-aged stouts and a new pineapple sour. Beer geeks note b a limited number of bottles of celebration beer bLike a White Curtain Blowing in the Draft from a Half-Opened Window Beside a Chair on Which Nobody Sitsb will be available. Who says itbs difficult to name beers these days?B Details

Gwinnett Place Mall May 27, 2017, noon to May 28, 2017, 11 p.m. Asian Summer Festival The Asian Summer Festival is a celebration of Asian history and diversity, experienced through the traditions, music, food and art of local and national artists with ancestry from all over the continent. The goal of the festival is to strengthen Atlanta's Asian economic community, as well as build awareness and appreciation for the cultures. Details

Sunday

Gypsy KitchenB May 28, 2017, 4-11 p.m.B Basque in the SunB Gypsy KitchenB will be closed for Memorial Day, so they are celebrating early. A Flamenco artist will perform and a DJ will play live music all day while guests partake in half-off bottles of wine, $6 rosC), spiked snow cones and chorizo dogs.B Details

Bellina Alimentari May 28, 2017, 5:30-10 p.m. Meet the Farmer Dinner Charlotte Swancy of Riverview Farms will be at Bellina Alimentari's third installment of their bMeet the Farmerb dinner series. A four-course menu featuring fresh produce from Riverview Farms will be paired with house Italian wines. Details

Grant Park Farmers Market May 28, 2017, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Canning Demo and Q&A with Preserving Now Lyn Deardorff, owner of The Learning Kitchen, teaches how to preserve seasonal Georgia produce with demos on strawberry jam, Vidalia onion relish and pickled cherry tomatoes. Details 

The Heretic May 28, 2017, 3-9 p.m. Party Benefiting Joining Hearts Support local charity Joining Hearts in raising funds to provide care and housing assistance to Atlantans living with HIV/AIDS. The party is $5, and BBQ and beer can be purchased for an additional $10. DJ Kidd Madonny will provide the tunes. Details 

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Friday

SweetWater Brewing Company May 26, 2017, 4:20-7 p.m. I Survived I85 ReOpening Party After a long struggle following the great collapse of I-85, SweetWater will attempt to bring Atlanta's shell-shocked traffic commuters back together again. The brewery will host a weekend party with food provided by Fox Bros Bar-B-Q, live music from MAGIC GIANT and, of course, plenty of SweetWater brews. 21+ Details

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Red Brick Brewing May 26, 2017, 5-8 p.m. Zest in Show Beer Release Zest in Show is Red Brick Brewing's new summer beer, farmhouse brewed with lemon and tangerine peel. Try it at this release party and take home a six-pack before it hits retailers. Details



Saturday

Zoo Atlanta May 27, 2017, 5:30-9:30 p.m. Brew at the ZooB Atlantabs favorite day of exotic animals and booze is turning 10 this year! Celebrate with more than 70 different types of beer, wine, keeper talks and animal demos with some of the zoobs 1,000 nonhuman residents. Live music will come from local bands the Geeks, 8 Second Ride, RTW and Brad Jackson. General admission tickets get you unlimited samples and a commemorative tasting cup. VIP tickets include access to the Brew Preview Party and a surprise up-close-and-personal animal encounter.B B Details

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Grant Park Farmers Market May 28, 2017, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Canning Demo and Q&A with Preserving Now Lyn Deardorff, owner of The Learning Kitchen, teaches how to preserve seasonal Georgia produce with demos on strawberry jam, Vidalia onion relish and pickled cherry tomatoes. Details 

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Civil War History Month

WHEREAS: All state offices are closed today for Confederate Memorial Day, a state holiday not to be confused with next month’s (Unionist?) Memorial Day;

WHEREAS: Since Gov. Nathan Deal is out of the office today, and because he did not issue a proclamation this year about Confederate History and Heritage Month, I hereby issue my own proclamation through the wholly imaginary power of proclamatus in guberno abstentia; 

WHEREAS: Confederate Memorial Day falls on the 27th this year, but in 1874, the Georgia Assembly officially named the “26th day of April in each year” as Confederate Memorial Day. The day recognizes Confederate States Army Gen. Joe Johnston’s surrender to Union Gen. William T. Sherman at Bennett’s Farm in North Carolina 150 years ago.  The Civil War ended for more than 89,000 Southern soldiers on this day a century and a half ago, representing the largest surrender of the Civil War, even larger than Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. While the fighting wouldn’t truly end until later that year, April 26, 1865 marked the end of major hostilities;

WHEREAS: Georgia’s governors have issued many proclamations over the years in the lead up to Confederate History and Heritage Month. In recent years, these proclamations have recognized southern white women (2002, 2003, 2014), Native Americans (2005, 2010), Jewish Americans (2009), and John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola and as it turns out, a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army (2006). Conspicuously omitted is any mention whatsoever of slavery or the plight of African-Americans. In 2012, the proclamations stopped referencing the “Civil War,” instead calling the conflict the “War Between the States,” a label supported for more than a century by the United Daughters of the Confederacy,  a group whose false claims include saying that it is “difficult for historians to agree on the war’s basic causes” (no, it isn’t) and the Confederate flag was “recognized all over the world as belonging to a nation” separate from the U.S. (no, it wasn’t). Perhaps we should just be thankful we’re not calling it “The War of Northern Aggression”;

                      
WHEREAS: For years, the state of Georgia informally recognized all of April as Confederate History and Heritage Month, though it became official when the Georgia Assembly passed Senate Bill 27 in 2009 . A shockingly small number of Georgia’s state senators and representatives voted against SB 27. (Current Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Senator Ronald B. Ramsey, Sr. provided the only two “Nay” votes in the state Senate );

WHEREAS: SB 27 urged all Georgians to “honor, observe, and celebrate the Confederate States of America, its history, those who served in its armed forces and government, and all those millions of its citizens of various races and ethnic groups and religions who contributed in sundry and myriad ways to the cause which they held so dear”;

WHEREAS: I wonder who these “millions” of contributors of “various races and ethnic groups and religious” could possibly have been considering the Confederates were a pasty bunch; 

WHEREAS: The name of the particular “cause which they held so dear” goes unspoken, though I can tell you it starts with “s-” and ends with “-lavery.” (Not “-tates rights.”) Georgia’s ordinance of secession wasn’t so bashful about the “cause” of the war, as shown in its second sentence: “For the last ten years we have had numerous and serious causes of complaint against our non-slave-holding confederate States with reference to the subject of African slavery.” Robert Toombs, in his farewell address to the U.S. Senate, excoriated his Northern colleagues for their efforts to “upturn our social system,” “steal our slaves,” “make them freemen to vote against us,” and “bring an inferior race in a condition of equality, socially and politically, with our own people.” The Confederate Constitution, largely cribbed from the original U.S. version, differed significantly in one way: it very specifically made slavery the eternal law of the land, and included the phrase, “No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed.”  Or put succinctly, no backsies on slavery;

WHEREAS: SB 27 urged Georgians to “commemorate and honor our shared history and cultural inheritance.” I imagine most African-Americans, who make up 31 percent of the state’s population, might not want to celebrate the Confederacy. Nor would the Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans who make up 14 percent of the state, or any minority group for that matter. Nor would the millions of Northerners who have moved to Georgia over the past few decades, many of whom had ancestors fight for the Union. Come to think of it, I don’t think most white people like me who were born and raised in the South — owners of the Confederate flag license plate notwithstanding — identify in the slightest with Georgia’s antebellum culture of enslavement;

WHEREAS: The story of the Civil War is complex, as we can see in the pro-Union bent of the people living in the South’s mountain regions. Even the case of Gen. William “Make Georgia Howl”  Sherman, the burner of Atlanta, isn’t a simple one. In 1864, he wrote to Atlanta Mayor James Calhoun, “When peace does come, you may call on me for anything. Then I will share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.”  The following year at Bennett’s Farm, Sherman offered his Confederate counterpart Gen. Johnston terms of surrender much more generous than Grant had offered Lee. They were so generous, in fact, that the Cabinet had to rescind Sherman’s original offer;

WHEREAS: The Confederate Memorial Day and Confederate History and Heritage Month neither represents modern Georgia, nor captures the complexity that makes the our state’s Civil War past so interesting. The Civil War, a conflict in which more Americans died than in all other U.S. wars combined, deserves and demands to be studied in all its various aspects; 

WHEREAS: This month should be a time when Georgians make every effort to learn something new about the Civil War. We could visit the battlefield at Kennesaw Mountain instead of the granite relief at Stone Mountain. We could get a close-up a view of the Confederate Constitution (and all its warts) at the University of Georgia. We could make a brief stop at the Confederate soldier burial ground in Oakland Cemetery or the Slave Life exhibition at the Atlanta History Center. We could get out of our cars to view the monuments dedicated to Union General McPherson and CSA General Walker, both in East Atlanta. Or we could take a day trip to Andersonville prison, Fort Pulaski, and the Tubman African-American Museum in Macon. (Really, y’all should just get out there and do anything that teaches you about this painful, yet fascinating era in Georgia’s history);

THEREFORE: I, PAYSON SCHWIN, Very Unofficial Governor For A Day of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim April as CIVIL WAR HISTORY MONTH and April 26 as CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL DAY in Georgia. 

In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have as of yet not figured out how to cause the Seal of the Executive Department to be affixed this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen. 

Payson Schwin
Very Unofficial Governor For A Day

Payson Schwin is an Atlanta writer."
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::__From the Very Unofficial Governor of the State of Georgia for Today__::
::__A Proclamation __::
::__Civil War History Month__::

__WHEREAS__: All state offices are closed today for Confederate Memorial Day, a state holiday not to be confused with next month’s (Unionist?) Memorial Day;

__WHEREAS__: Since Gov. Nathan Deal is out of the office today, and because he did not issue a proclamation this year about Confederate History and Heritage Month, I hereby issue my own proclamation through the wholly imaginary power of ''proclamatus in guberno abstentia''; 

__WHEREAS__: Confederate Memorial Day falls on the 27th this year, but in 1874, the Georgia Assembly officially named the “26th day of April in each year” as Confederate Memorial Day. The day [http://www.11alive.com/news/article/239524/40/Did-you-know-Confederate-Memorial-Day-is-still-a-state-holiday|recognizes] Confederate States Army Gen. Joe Johnston’s surrender to Union Gen. William T. Sherman at Bennett’s Farm in North Carolina 150 years ago.  The Civil War ended for more than 89,000 Southern soldiers on this day a century and a half ago, representing the largest surrender of the Civil War, even larger than Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. While the fighting wouldn’t truly end until later that year, April 26, 1865 marked the end of major hostilities;

__WHEREAS__: Georgia’s governors have issued many proclamations over the years in the lead up to Confederate History and Heritage Month. In recent years, these proclamations have recognized southern white women ([http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GADOOLY/2002-03/1017583584|2002], [http://sonnyperdue.georgia.gov/gov/proclamations/archive/Confederate_History_2003.pdf|2003], [http://spofga.org/flag/2005/april/confederate_proclamations.php|2014]), Native Americans ([http://spofga.org/flag/2005/april/confederate_proclamations.php|2005], [http://sonsofconfederateveterans.blogspot.com/2010/01/georgia-governor-signs-confederate.html|2010]), Jewish Americans ([http://sonnyperdue.georgia.gov/vgn/images/portal/cit_1210/60/46/133301207Confederate History Month 2009.pdf|2009]), and John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola and as it turns out, a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army ([http://sonnyperdue.georgia.gov/gov/proclamations/2006/CONFEDERATE_HISTORY_MONTH_2006.pdf|2006]). Conspicuously omitted is any mention whatsoever of slavery or the plight of African-Americans. In 2012, the proclamations stopped referencing the “Civil War,” instead [https://gov.georgia.gov/sites/gov.georgia.gov/files/related_files/site_page/CHMonthProc2012.pdf|calling] the conflict the “War Between the States,” a label [http://www.hqudc.org/about_udc/WBTS.htm|supported] for more than a century by the United Daughters of the Confederacy,  a group whose false claims include saying that it is “difficult for historians to agree on the war’s basic causes” ([http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military-jan-june11-civilwar_04-12/|no, it isn’t]) and the Confederate flag was “recognized all over the world as belonging to a nation” separate from the U.S. ([https://history.state.gov/milestones/1861-1865/confederacy|no, it wasn’t]). Perhaps we should just be thankful we’re not calling it “The War of Northern Aggression”;

                      
__WHEREAS__: For years, the state of Georgia informally [http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20092010/SB/27|recognized] all of April as Confederate History and Heritage Month, though it became official when the Georgia Assembly passed Senate Bill 27 in 2009 . A shockingly small number of Georgia’s state senators and representatives voted against SB 27. (Current Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Senator Ronald B. Ramsey, Sr. [http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/vote.aspx?VoteID=6064|provided] the only two “Nay” votes in the state Senate );

__WHEREAS__: SB 27 urged all Georgians to “honor, observe, and celebrate the Confederate States of America, its history, those who served in its armed forces and government, and all those millions of its citizens of various races and ethnic groups and religions who contributed in sundry and myriad ways to the cause which they held so dear”;

__WHEREAS__: I wonder who these “millions” of contributors of “various races and ethnic groups and religious” could possibly have been considering the Confederates were a pasty bunch; 

__WHEREAS__: The name of the particular “cause which they held so dear” goes unspoken, though I can tell you it starts with “s-” and ends with “-lavery.” (Not “-tates rights.”) Georgia’s ordinance of secession wasn’t so bashful about the “cause” of the war, as [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_geosec.asp|shown] in its second sentence: “For the last ten years we have had numerous and serious causes of complaint against our non-slave-holding confederate States with reference to the subject of African slavery.” Robert Toombs, in his farewell address to the U.S. Senate, [https://books.google.com/books?id=LvQtAAAAYAAJ&vq=toombs&pg=PA144#v=snippet&q=toombs&f=false|excoriated] his Northern colleagues for their efforts to “upturn our social system,” “steal our slaves,” “make them freemen to vote against us,” and “bring an inferior race in a condition of equality, socially and politically, with our own people.” The Confederate Constitution, largely cribbed from the original U.S. version, differed significantly in one way: it very specifically made slavery the eternal law of the land, and [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_csa.asp|included the phrase], “No bill of attainder, ''ex post facto'' law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed.”  Or put succinctly, no backsies on slavery;

__WHEREAS__: SB 27 urged Georgians to “commemorate and honor our shared history and cultural inheritance.” I imagine most African-Americans, who make up 31 percent of the state’s population, might not want to celebrate the Confederacy. Nor would the Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans who [http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13000.html|make up] 14 percent of the state, or any minority group for that matter. Nor would the millions of Northerners who have [http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/13/upshot/where-people-in-each-state-were-born.html?_r=0|moved to Georgia] over the past few decades, many of whom had ancestors fight for the Union. Come to think of it, I don’t think most white people like me who were born and raised in the South — [http://nation.time.com/2014/02/20/confederate-flag-georgia-license-plate/|owners of the Confederate flag license plate notwithstanding] — identify in the slightest with Georgia’s antebellum culture of enslavement;

__WHEREAS__: The story of the Civil War is complex, as we can see in the pro-Union bent of the people living in the South’s mountain regions. Even the case of Gen. William “[http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/rethinking-shermans-march/?_r=0|Make Georgia Howl]”  Sherman, the burner of Atlanta, isn’t a simple one. In 1864, he [https://books.google.com/books?id=b7lMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=When peace does come, you may call on me for anything&source=bl&ots=AVUUyP5r6B&sig=ANdwfl1JOJ56FrhGPQFW-Ip_uQ4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=taM2VdyfO4LnsASJm4CoDg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=When peace does come, you may call on me for anything&f=false|wrote] to Atlanta Mayor James Calhoun, “When peace does come, you may call on me for anything. Then I will share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.”  The following year at Bennett’s Farm, Sherman offered his Confederate counterpart Gen. Johnston terms of surrender much more generous than Grant had offered Lee. They were so generous, in fact, that the Cabinet had to [http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/end-of-war/johnston-surrenders.html|rescind] Sherman’s original offer;

__WHEREAS__: The Confederate Memorial Day and Confederate History and Heritage Month neither represents modern Georgia, nor captures the complexity that makes the our state’s Civil War past so interesting. The Civil War, a conflict in which more Americans died than in all other U.S. wars combined, deserves and demands to be studied in all its various aspects; 

__WHEREAS__: This month should be a time when Georgians make every effort to learn something new about the Civil War. We could visit the battlefield at Kennesaw Mountain instead of the granite relief at Stone Mountain. We could get a close-up a view of the Confederate Constitution (and all its warts) at the University of Georgia. We could make a brief stop at the Confederate soldier burial ground in Oakland Cemetery or the Slave Life exhibition at the Atlanta History Center. We could get out of our cars to view the monuments dedicated to Union General McPherson and CSA General Walker, both in East Atlanta. Or we could take a day trip to Andersonville prison, Fort Pulaski, and the Tubman African-American Museum in Macon. (Really, y’all should just get out there and do anything that teaches you about this painful, yet fascinating era in Georgia’s history);

__THEREFORE__: I, PAYSON SCHWIN, Very Unofficial Governor For A Day of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim April as CIVIL WAR HISTORY MONTH and April 26 as CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL DAY in Georgia. 

In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have as of yet not figured out how to cause the Seal of the Executive Department to be affixed this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen. 

Payson Schwin
Very Unofficial Governor For A Day

''Payson Schwin is an Atlanta writer''."
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From the Very Unofficial Governor of the State of Georgia for Today
A Proclamation 
Civil War History Month

WHEREAS: All state offices are closed today for Confederate Memorial Day, a state holiday not to be confused with next month’s (Unionist?) Memorial Day;

WHEREAS: Since Gov. Nathan Deal is out of the office today, and because he did not issue a proclamation this year about Confederate History and Heritage Month, I hereby issue my own proclamation through the wholly imaginary power of proclamatus in guberno abstentia; 

WHEREAS: Confederate Memorial Day falls on the 27th this year, but in 1874, the Georgia Assembly officially named the “26th day of April in each year” as Confederate Memorial Day. The day recognizes Confederate States Army Gen. Joe Johnston’s surrender to Union Gen. William T. Sherman at Bennett’s Farm in North Carolina 150 years ago.  The Civil War ended for more than 89,000 Southern soldiers on this day a century and a half ago, representing the largest surrender of the Civil War, even larger than Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. While the fighting wouldn’t truly end until later that year, April 26, 1865 marked the end of major hostilities;

WHEREAS: Georgia’s governors have issued many proclamations over the years in the lead up to Confederate History and Heritage Month. In recent years, these proclamations have recognized southern white women (2002, 2003, 2014), Native Americans (2005, 2010), Jewish Americans (2009), and John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola and as it turns out, a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army (2006). Conspicuously omitted is any mention whatsoever of slavery or the plight of African-Americans. In 2012, the proclamations stopped referencing the “Civil War,” instead calling the conflict the “War Between the States,” a label supported for more than a century by the United Daughters of the Confederacy,  a group whose false claims include saying that it is “difficult for historians to agree on the war’s basic causes” (no, it isn’t) and the Confederate flag was “recognized all over the world as belonging to a nation” separate from the U.S. (no, it wasn’t). Perhaps we should just be thankful we’re not calling it “The War of Northern Aggression”;

                      
WHEREAS: For years, the state of Georgia informally recognized all of April as Confederate History and Heritage Month, though it became official when the Georgia Assembly passed Senate Bill 27 in 2009 . A shockingly small number of Georgia’s state senators and representatives voted against SB 27. (Current Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Senator Ronald B. Ramsey, Sr. provided the only two “Nay” votes in the state Senate );

WHEREAS: SB 27 urged all Georgians to “honor, observe, and celebrate the Confederate States of America, its history, those who served in its armed forces and government, and all those millions of its citizens of various races and ethnic groups and religions who contributed in sundry and myriad ways to the cause which they held so dear”;

WHEREAS: I wonder who these “millions” of contributors of “various races and ethnic groups and religious” could possibly have been considering the Confederates were a pasty bunch; 

WHEREAS: The name of the particular “cause which they held so dear” goes unspoken, though I can tell you it starts with “s-” and ends with “-lavery.” (Not “-tates rights.”) Georgia’s ordinance of secession wasn’t so bashful about the “cause” of the war, as shown in its second sentence: “For the last ten years we have had numerous and serious causes of complaint against our non-slave-holding confederate States with reference to the subject of African slavery.” Robert Toombs, in his farewell address to the U.S. Senate, excoriated his Northern colleagues for their efforts to “upturn our social system,” “steal our slaves,” “make them freemen to vote against us,” and “bring an inferior race in a condition of equality, socially and politically, with our own people.” The Confederate Constitution, largely cribbed from the original U.S. version, differed significantly in one way: it very specifically made slavery the eternal law of the land, and included the phrase, “No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed.”  Or put succinctly, no backsies on slavery;

WHEREAS: SB 27 urged Georgians to “commemorate and honor our shared history and cultural inheritance.” I imagine most African-Americans, who make up 31 percent of the state’s population, might not want to celebrate the Confederacy. Nor would the Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans who make up 14 percent of the state, or any minority group for that matter. Nor would the millions of Northerners who have moved to Georgia over the past few decades, many of whom had ancestors fight for the Union. Come to think of it, I don’t think most white people like me who were born and raised in the South — owners of the Confederate flag license plate notwithstanding — identify in the slightest with Georgia’s antebellum culture of enslavement;

WHEREAS: The story of the Civil War is complex, as we can see in the pro-Union bent of the people living in the South’s mountain regions. Even the case of Gen. William “Make Georgia Howl”  Sherman, the burner of Atlanta, isn’t a simple one. In 1864, he wrote to Atlanta Mayor James Calhoun, “When peace does come, you may call on me for anything. Then I will share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.”  The following year at Bennett’s Farm, Sherman offered his Confederate counterpart Gen. Johnston terms of surrender much more generous than Grant had offered Lee. They were so generous, in fact, that the Cabinet had to rescind Sherman’s original offer;

WHEREAS: The Confederate Memorial Day and Confederate History and Heritage Month neither represents modern Georgia, nor captures the complexity that makes the our state’s Civil War past so interesting. The Civil War, a conflict in which more Americans died than in all other U.S. wars combined, deserves and demands to be studied in all its various aspects; 

WHEREAS: This month should be a time when Georgians make every effort to learn something new about the Civil War. We could visit the battlefield at Kennesaw Mountain instead of the granite relief at Stone Mountain. We could get a close-up a view of the Confederate Constitution (and all its warts) at the University of Georgia. We could make a brief stop at the Confederate soldier burial ground in Oakland Cemetery or the Slave Life exhibition at the Atlanta History Center. We could get out of our cars to view the monuments dedicated to Union General McPherson and CSA General Walker, both in East Atlanta. Or we could take a day trip to Andersonville prison, Fort Pulaski, and the Tubman African-American Museum in Macon. (Really, y’all should just get out there and do anything that teaches you about this painful, yet fascinating era in Georgia’s history);

THEREFORE: I, PAYSON SCHWIN, Very Unofficial Governor For A Day of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim April as CIVIL WAR HISTORY MONTH and April 26 as CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL DAY in Georgia. 

In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have as of yet not figured out how to cause the Seal of the Executive Department to be affixed this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen. 

Payson Schwin
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What's old is new again as contemporary filmmakers address some of these same issues with documentaries showcasing the lives of returning veterans:

Oscar-nominated doc Hell and Back Again slated to air on PBS' Independent Lens on Monday May 28,  (I've looked and can't seem to find it on any of the local channels - please add times to the comments section if you can find them) follows US Marine Sergeant Nathan Harris, 27 as he returns home from Afghanistan in the Wounded Warrior Regiment at Camp Lejeune recovering from a gunshot wound."
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Among the greatest surprises in my film going experience is this final number from Mervyn LeRoy's Gold Diggers of 1933, a pre-code backstage musical featuring elaborate Busby Berkeley choreographed dance numbers.  

Trojan Horsed into the film's climactic finale is this poignant and striking indictment of the treatment of World War I veterans, depicted as homeless, neglected, and down & out. 



The juxtaposition of stark politics, and grim reality with the lavish fantasy of a stage musical is revelatory.  

What's old is new again as contemporary filmmakers address some of these same issues with documentaries showcasing the lives of returning veterans:

Oscar-nominated doc Hell and Back Again slated to air on PBS' Independent Lens on Monday May 28,  (I've looked and can't seem to find it on any of the local channels - please add times to the comments section if you can find them) follows US Marine Sergeant Nathan Harris, 27 as he returns home from Afghanistan in the Wounded Warrior Regiment at Camp Lejeune recovering from a gunshot wound.       0,0,10   memorial day weekend events "memorial day 2020"   5467873 13068264                   Remember Our Forgotten Men: Memorial Day Movies "
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Back when I only knew about Bud, Miller and Milwaukee's "Beast," food and beer pairing wasn't my goal. As I aged (read: could afford), I discovered the beautiful world of craft beers, whose sharp, clean yet sweeter wheat brews toned down my atomic hot wings. But no matter how refreshing a beer tastes going down, an entire day of it still leaves me feeling like someone blew up a balloon in my stomach.

So I stick with perhaps the original "tastes great, less filling" beverage, wine.

Essentially, for anything to meld with strong spices, a spoonful of sugar helps the pepper go down. This goes for wine and beer. Wine has the natural fruit acids and tannins that help harmonize and tame strong seasonings, especially on protein-laden grill goodies. Lighter whites, such as riesling and pinot gris/grigio, refresh the palate and pair nicely with seafood items like fiery fish or shrimp. Dry rosés, far from the syrupy, inane rep they're battling, help quench the thirst built up under a sweltering sun, but also drink nicely with peppery items.

And then there's the king of bland: the hot dog. If I had my druthers, every American would drink rosé with their nitrate-laden "beef' franks, if only to drown the flavor.

With burly barbecued vittles, think bold and beautiful reds. Also think that the wine should match the sauce on the meat, rather than the meat itself, since the sauce becomes the dominant taste component. The zesty smoky-sweet stuff we slather on beef or chicken is far from wimpy, so your wine shouldn't be, either. Think something that sings with berries, with plenty of pepper and spice (not tannic and oaky), to stand up to all that brawn. Zinfandel and syrah/shiraz are considered classic BBQ wines because they have lots of fruit and peppery spice, without too much oak and tannin to cloud flavor. But if you're feeling exotic, pop open a smoky Spanish Rioja or California tempranillo (the grape in Rioja). For those wanting to stay in their comfort zone, medium to full-bodied merlots are also good matches for BBQ fare – especially mild brats and delicious, full-flavored sausages.

A quick tip for the barbecue set-up: Since wine glasses just feel wrong when hanging at a barbecue, it's fine to use plastic cups. But avoid Styrofoam – all you'll taste is wine-scented Styrofoam.

Recommended Wines

Pink Criquet 2006 Bordeaux Rosé (France) Soft raspberry and strawberries with firm acidity and a gorgeous finish. A hint of plum and mint make it interesting. Sw = 1. $15. 3.5 stars

Gravity Hills Tumbling Tractor 2004 Zinfandel Paso Robles (California) Fragrant jammy blackberries waft up to the nose, and the mouth experiences bold cherry, with a creamy vanilla elegance. A tiny bit spicy, with white pepper, tobacco. Great with grilled items. Sw = 2. $15. 4 stars

Chateau Ste. Michelle 2006 Riesling Cold Creek Vineyard (Washington) Slightly sweet, with tart tangerine and citrus. Stainless steel aftertaste that's kind of cool. Sw = 4. $14. 3.5 stars

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A quick tip for the barbecue set-up: Since wine glasses just feel ''wrong'' when hanging at a barbecue, it's fine to use plastic cups. But avoid Styrofoam – all you'll taste is wine-scented Styrofoam.

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__Pink Criquet 2006 Bordeaux Rosé (France)__ Soft raspberry and strawberries with firm acidity and a gorgeous finish. A hint of plum and mint make it interesting. ''Sw = 1''. $15. 3.5 stars

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Back when I only knew about Bud, Miller and Milwaukee's "Beast," food and beer pairing wasn't my goal. As I aged (read: could afford), I discovered the beautiful world of craft beers, whose sharp, clean yet sweeter wheat brews toned down my atomic hot wings. But no matter how refreshing a beer tastes going down, an entire day of it still leaves me feeling like someone blew up a balloon in my stomach.

So I stick with perhaps the original "tastes great, less filling" beverage, wine.

Essentially, for anything to meld with strong spices, a spoonful of sugar helps the pepper go down. This goes for wine and beer. Wine has the natural fruit acids and tannins that help harmonize and tame strong seasonings, especially on protein-laden grill goodies. Lighter whites, such as riesling and pinot gris/grigio, refresh the palate and pair nicely with seafood items like fiery fish or shrimp. Dry rosés, far from the syrupy, inane rep they're battling, help quench the thirst built up under a sweltering sun, but also drink nicely with peppery items.

And then there's the king of bland: the hot dog. If I had my druthers, every American would drink rosé with their nitrate-laden "beef' franks, if only to drown the flavor.

With burly barbecued vittles, think bold and beautiful reds. Also think that the wine should match the sauce on the meat, rather than the meat itself, since the sauce becomes the dominant taste component. The zesty smoky-sweet stuff we slather on beef or chicken is far from wimpy, so your wine shouldn't be, either. Think something that sings with berries, with plenty of pepper and spice (not tannic and oaky), to stand up to all that brawn. Zinfandel and syrah/shiraz are considered classic BBQ wines because they have lots of fruit and peppery spice, without too much oak and tannin to cloud flavor. But if you're feeling exotic, pop open a smoky Spanish Rioja or California tempranillo (the grape in Rioja). For those wanting to stay in their comfort zone, medium to full-bodied merlots are also good matches for BBQ fare – especially mild brats and delicious, full-flavored sausages.

A quick tip for the barbecue set-up: Since wine glasses just feel wrong when hanging at a barbecue, it's fine to use plastic cups. But avoid Styrofoam – all you'll taste is wine-scented Styrofoam.

Recommended Wines

Pink Criquet 2006 Bordeaux Rosé (France) Soft raspberry and strawberries with firm acidity and a gorgeous finish. A hint of plum and mint make it interesting. Sw = 1. $15. 3.5 stars

Gravity Hills Tumbling Tractor 2004 Zinfandel Paso Robles (California) Fragrant jammy blackberries waft up to the nose, and the mouth experiences bold cherry, with a creamy vanilla elegance. A tiny bit spicy, with white pepper, tobacco. Great with grilled items. Sw = 2. $15. 4 stars

Chateau Ste. Michelle 2006 Riesling Cold Creek Vineyard (Washington) Slightly sweet, with tart tangerine and citrus. Stainless steel aftertaste that's kind of cool. Sw = 4. $14. 3.5 stars

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Yeah. All the cats that died get this day. My Dad was in the military for 29 years. He deserves his day. To me it's letting them know what they went through and that they got fucked. I respect that. It's tough going to the other side of the world, killing people, people you don't know, and maybe half not knowing what you're there for. I'm against war, but most of them were against war, too. If I killed someone, I would be so disturbed I would kill myself. But I'd definitely kill a Nazi, point-blank, and I wouldn't kill myself after killing the Nazi.

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Folks have more appreciation for the Korean Vets and those earlier but not Vietnam vets. I try not to hold anything in my heart or mind that's negative. But the military taught me discipline. It put me on the right path and gave me a second chance in life. But we've managed to forget Memorial Day and what's important in life. On Memorial Day, I'm packing my bags and leaving town. It's just a matter of timing. I'm going to Oregon and sit in a 200-year-old fir tree so they won't cut the damn thing down.

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