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 Posted: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 05:27 am
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Fuller
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 Taken from the well known slavery song "Oh Freedom"

And before I'd be a slave, I'd be buried in my grave and go home to my Lord and be free

Later in May of this year some remains of two USCT soldiers were buried in a reinterment ceremony on the grounds near the Corinth Interpretive Center in Mississippi.  Calcav is a Ranger there and he had the honor of helping with the ceremony and the burial.  There were several hundred spectators for the event but he said the most stirring part of the day is when several USCT reenactors stood around the graves and sang the song I mentioned above after the crowds had dissipated.  The only word that comes to mind really is Reverence.

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness...

Pursuit means to chase, strive towards, seek to attain.  I think the happiness we feel is taken for granted.