I'm so happy for you - for getting tickets to spend time with your favorite band! 🤩. Are there any vegan festivals in your area? I love a good vegan fest 😋. Also, have you read Lincoln in the Bardo? Anyway, interesting conversation 😉.
I dunno about the vegan festival thing. I'm quite introverted so I don't get out much. What is it? Just like vegan food and stuff? It would be nice to meet people who have similar leanings, whether it's book lovers, fans of Disciple, vegans/vegetarians. It's like 1,000 potential friends. Should get all their phone numbers and see if any of us can become besties. Haven't read that book. Honestly I kinda avoid Lincoln because my great-grandma LOVED him because her great-great grandfather I think owned a store that employed Lincoln, and I always heard the story. It's actually kinda cool. He's in most all Lincoln biographies - James Gentry. He had a store, hired a young Lincoln, and one day Lincoln and James' son went sailing down the river for a delivery, where Lincoln I think witnessed his first slave auction. That's on my dad's side of the family from his mother's side. On my dad's father's side, we actually had ancestors who were in the South, and we have letters from them about Lincoln and the war. So they were on the Confederate side (oops). But I'm not really fond of Lincoln, because on my mother's side, my fourth great-grandpa was Little Crow (he's on Wikipedia). Little Crow was a Sioux chief who led a war against the United States, and as a result of the war, Lincoln ordered the largest single-day execution in U.S. history, hanging 38 American Indians. So to me, Lincoln is a little bit less the freer of the slaves, and more the one who ordered 38 Indians executed in one day, so I can't really feel any fondness for him. I can't really look past that. So I'm connected to Lincoln at least those three ways. James Gentry who hired Lincoln, Confederates who hated Lincoln, and American Indians who went to war vs the U.S. The Confederate ties is kinda amusing to me (woops; wrong side), but Little Crow means more to me. It doesn't sit well with me how he died and how the U.S. govt treated the Indians. So I'm kinda split. Some of my ancestors fought the U.S. for a very bad reason, slavery (woops), while the other side fought for a more justified reason (land, food, safety). So I feel much more strongly tied and sympathetic to them.
@@shaunholt thank you for sharing your family history with me. Social and political history is so fascinating. I understand why you would not have interest in reading about Lincoln. I'm going to my community's vegan fest this weekend. It's a great way to try new foods and support local plant based/veg vendors.✨
Since the question was favorite musician or singer, and I listed a band, I'll say one of my favorite singers is Sam Cooke. Tremendous vocalist. For my money, he's the greatest vocalist of all time. Also really like Chris Cornell, Pink, and Al Stewart.
Another thing, in the video I say the 14th amendment essentially abolishes slavery, but that's what the 13th amendment does. My bad. I always kinda combine those two amendments in my head. The 13th amendment abolishes slavery. The 14th amendment grants citizenship and equal protection. I could make a whole 'nother video on the 14th amendment, but yeah. So! Apparently, the 13th amendment passed under Lincoln, and when he became president, Johnson DID require Southern states to ratify the 13th amendment abolishing slavery as part of readmission to the Union. He did not however support a civil rights bill or the 14th amendment, thinking they were state issues, but the slavery issue was essentially settled already via the 13th amendment, and Johnson supported enforcing the 13th amendment.
I'm so happy for you - for getting tickets to spend time with your favorite band! 🤩. Are there any vegan festivals in your area? I love a good vegan fest 😋. Also, have you read Lincoln in the Bardo? Anyway, interesting conversation 😉.
I dunno about the vegan festival thing. I'm quite introverted so I don't get out much. What is it? Just like vegan food and stuff? It would be nice to meet people who have similar leanings, whether it's book lovers, fans of Disciple, vegans/vegetarians. It's like 1,000 potential friends. Should get all their phone numbers and see if any of us can become besties.
Haven't read that book. Honestly I kinda avoid Lincoln because my great-grandma LOVED him because her great-great grandfather I think owned a store that employed Lincoln, and I always heard the story. It's actually kinda cool. He's in most all Lincoln biographies - James Gentry. He had a store, hired a young Lincoln, and one day Lincoln and James' son went sailing down the river for a delivery, where Lincoln I think witnessed his first slave auction. That's on my dad's side of the family from his mother's side. On my dad's father's side, we actually had ancestors who were in the South, and we have letters from them about Lincoln and the war. So they were on the Confederate side (oops).
But I'm not really fond of Lincoln, because on my mother's side, my fourth great-grandpa was Little Crow (he's on Wikipedia). Little Crow was a Sioux chief who led a war against the United States, and as a result of the war, Lincoln ordered the largest single-day execution in U.S. history, hanging 38 American Indians. So to me, Lincoln is a little bit less the freer of the slaves, and more the one who ordered 38 Indians executed in one day, so I can't really feel any fondness for him. I can't really look past that.
So I'm connected to Lincoln at least those three ways. James Gentry who hired Lincoln, Confederates who hated Lincoln, and American Indians who went to war vs the U.S. The Confederate ties is kinda amusing to me (woops; wrong side), but Little Crow means more to me. It doesn't sit well with me how he died and how the U.S. govt treated the Indians. So I'm kinda split. Some of my ancestors fought the U.S. for a very bad reason, slavery (woops), while the other side fought for a more justified reason (land, food, safety). So I feel much more strongly tied and sympathetic to them.
@@shaunholt thank you for sharing your family history with me. Social and political history is so fascinating. I understand why you would not have interest in reading about Lincoln.
I'm going to my community's vegan fest this weekend. It's a great way to try new foods and support local plant based/veg vendors.✨
@@books_and_bocadillos Hmm seems the nearest big-ish town (40min away) doesn't have Vegan Fest till September. I hope you have fun at yours!
Since the question was favorite musician or singer, and I listed a band, I'll say one of my favorite singers is Sam Cooke. Tremendous vocalist. For my money, he's the greatest vocalist of all time. Also really like Chris Cornell, Pink, and Al Stewart.
Another thing, in the video I say the 14th amendment essentially abolishes slavery, but that's what the 13th amendment does. My bad. I always kinda combine those two amendments in my head. The 13th amendment abolishes slavery. The 14th amendment grants citizenship and equal protection. I could make a whole 'nother video on the 14th amendment, but yeah.
So! Apparently, the 13th amendment passed under Lincoln, and when he became president, Johnson DID require Southern states to ratify the 13th amendment abolishing slavery as part of readmission to the Union. He did not however support a civil rights bill or the 14th amendment, thinking they were state issues, but the slavery issue was essentially settled already via the 13th amendment, and Johnson supported enforcing the 13th amendment.