Re: [DL] Dixie

["Mr. Christopher McGlothlin, M.Ed." <sosentinel@adelphia.net>]

At 04:39 AM 7/1/2002, kartzoffs@optusnet.com.au wrote:
>Firstly was Dixe historically the national anthem of the Confederacy? If 
>not what was in the Deadlands world?

         There never was an official (i.e., made so by an act of Congress) 
national anthem, but _Dixie_ was closer to it than any other song on the 
basis of popularity alone.
         Myself, I've always preferred _The Bonnie Blue Flag_, but they 
didn't ask my opinion.;-)

>  And finally was it actually a criminal offence to be caught singing or 
> whistling Dixie in Union territory?

         Not that I have ever heard. Abe Lincoln himself counted _Dixie_ 
among his favorite songs (though he judiciously waited until April 1865 to 
admit this in public). That said, others would be wise to follow Mr. 
Lincoln's example when on Yankee soil.

Deo Vindice,
Mr. Christopher L. McGlothlin, M.Ed.

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