14 April 2005 (Thursday)
next year in...gettysburg
By way of Bloghead, I found this account of soldiers' Pesach Sedarim during the American Civil War. There's much to be said about the poignancy of celebrating our freedom from slavery while fighting a war for - or against - the similar liberation of other slaves...but I'm still stuck on the hilarious cider incident, so someone else will have to say it.
# posted by shanna at 11:25 AM
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Wow - thanks for sharing this story with us, Shanna. It was amazing. Never having had a civil war in my country, it gives me a deeper glimpse into the American psyche.
Posted by: Soferet at 10:17 AM on 15 April 2005
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