http://blog.encyclopediavirginia.org/2008/04/22/we-bow-to-authority/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-bow-to-authority Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:11:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://blog.encyclopediavirginia.org/2008/04/22/we-bow-to-authority/comment-page-1/#comment-27 michael Kreyling Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:26:14 +0000 http://blog.encyclopediavirginia.org/2008/03/13/we-bow-to-authority/#comment-27 Can you help me with basic biog. data for Virginia Kent Cummins, editor of The Lyric 1949-53? and benefactor of the magazine? Can you help me with basic biog. data for Virginia Kent Cummins, editor of The Lyric 1949-53? and benefactor of the magazine?

]]> http://blog.encyclopediavirginia.org/2008/04/22/we-bow-to-authority/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Odds & Ends: April 26, 2008 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:20:30 +0000 http://blog.encyclopediavirginia.org/2008/03/13/we-bow-to-authority/#comment-26 [...] When exactly did the Civil War begin? [...] [...] When exactly did the Civil War begin? [...]

]]> http://blog.encyclopediavirginia.org/2008/04/22/we-bow-to-authority/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Odds & Ends: April 26, 2008 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:20:30 +0000 http://blog.encyclopediavirginia.org/2008/03/13/we-bow-to-authority/#comment-112 [...] When exactly did the Civil War begin? [...] [...] When exactly did the Civil War begin? [...]

]]> http://blog.encyclopediavirginia.org/2008/04/22/we-bow-to-authority/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Kati Singel Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:17:59 +0000 http://blog.encyclopediavirginia.org/2008/03/13/we-bow-to-authority/#comment-25 When the National Park Service began to plan for the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War, they began in 1854 with the border wars between Kansas and Missouri, then progressing into 1859, the raid by John Brown, when shots were fired, but no war began until more than a year later. Of course, in 1861, no formal declaration of war was issued because for the Union to issue a declaration of war would be to acknowledge the Confederacy as a belligerent nation, although the struggle for Fort Sumter was taken as a declaration of war. Therefore, we must analyze: what is the definition of war?According to the Oxford dictionary, the definition which best describes this conflict is: a state of armed conflict between different states. So, if this war is a state of armed conflict, then the origin would have to be a military action, which would be April 1861, when the first shots were fired between the states, so I agree with the Library of Congress. I suppose that is what happens when you are raised in Virginia, it will always be the "war between the states." I could not resist contributing to the discussion. Interesting blog entry. I especially can appreciate the quote that "history, of all things, is a moving target." Kati When the National Park Service began to plan for the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War, they began in 1854 with the border wars between Kansas and Missouri, then progressing into 1859, the raid by John Brown, when shots were fired, but no war began until more than a year later. Of course, in 1861, no formal declaration of war was issued because for the Union to issue a declaration of war would be to acknowledge the Confederacy as a belligerent nation, although the struggle for Fort Sumter was taken as a declaration of war. Therefore, we must analyze: what is the definition of war?According to the Oxford dictionary, the definition which best describes this conflict is: a state of armed conflict between different states. So, if this war is a state of armed conflict, then the origin would have to be a military action, which would be April 1861, when the first shots were fired between the states, so I agree with the Library of Congress. I suppose that is what happens when you are raised in Virginia, it will always be the “war between the states.” I could not resist contributing to the discussion. Interesting blog entry. I especially can appreciate the quote that “history, of all things, is a moving target.”
Kati

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