• Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Yo, this guy deserves a federal holiday. I’m sure the current administration would love to have a day to celebrate a famous Republican veteran who had to make his own bootstraps before he could even pull himself up by them…

    • Trabic@lemm.ee
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      7 days ago

      I acknowledge your snark, but he had a fort until the '40s, one of the largest ships in the Army, and now the cruiser formerly known as Chancellorsville. Seems about right.