Lots of people in the US are upset. They do not like the President. They do not like the amount of illegal drugs being consumed. Debate is impossible when name calling is all is said about the opposition. The country is polarized which is true. People even speak of today as the darkest of times.
Since we have returned to Mississippi this time, I have been reading a book with the title of "The Civil War in Mississippi. Major Campaigns and Battles", by Michael B. Ballard. Now those were hard times. Just imagine how you would have functioned if you lived in Jackson during the Civil War. I am not reading from beginning to end. I have started at the end and am picking a chapter at will. What I am really looking for is what happened to the people of Mississippi during these battles. For instance, three military campaigns came through Jackson. It was not burned only once. The city was burned three times. Whatever was missed during the last campaign was burned the next.
Our times never come close to 1861 to 1865. Even after the war ended, it took Mississippi a century to get back on it's feet. The slaves were emancipated during the Civil War but the newly freed slaves had a dreadful time for the same hundred years. But everyone survived and prospered, which we will do now, but it will not takes us 100 years. I suspect that a little less complaining and more hard work will win the day.
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