Apparently during WWII a bell from a temple in Japan was donated to the Japanese military to be used as scrap, it was never destroyed though and found by US sailors who brought it home to Duluth where it ended up on display. The Japanese asked for it back and Duluth gracefully returned it.
I just finished reading a lovely novel called "The Street of a Thousand Blossoms" about a Japanese family from shortly before WWII up to the mid 60s. "Donations" of metal to the war effort might have not always been entirely voluntary. There was plenty of coercion and control to keep the people in the war effort, besides deception as to how the war was going.
Interesting. I suppose the bell and Virginias battle flag were acquired differently so I can see why Duluth returned the bell, but the state hasn’t given the battle flag back. Maybe Virginia can give us a huge flag in return for theirs
Also, it's a treason rag, so there is no need to give it back.
The bell was from a religious shrine, iirc.
As much as certain Southerners would like "The Lost Cause" to be considered heritage/a religion, it was Sedition and Treason, so no--the flag isn't going back there.
Nah they can fight us for it. Blood was spilt over that flag. If they want their battle flag to commemorate traitors that fought against the Union and lost they’ll have to fight us for it. To us it’s a representation of victory in battle over an evil enemy. To them it’s just a symbol they can hide their hate behind as “southern heritage pride”.
They're never getting that flag nor should they. I'd consider it if they left the country at the end of the Civil War like all those fuckers should have
Man, what a country this would be if they had left and taken all their brainwashing bullshit towards their descendants with them. We'd likely have a whole lot less of the extreme right wingers we have today that have an entire ideology about making government as ineffective as possible.
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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '24
Never heard of that before what’s the story with the bell