The article desribed the wonrous ceremonies we created to deal with the Civil War and our regret for it ever having happened. Unfortunately the ceremonies, even for the huge 150th anniversary were smaller that one might anticipate and do not appear to be that big of news, and there is no one to disprove this sad fallacy.
I must disagree with the article and state that there is no reason to be sad that such a ceremony was "not big enough" just because it was on a somewhat small scale. There is no atrosity greater than slavery, and so there is no bigger benchmark in the evolution of man then slaves being finally freed and released from their life long imprisonment. It is no wonder that there is would be a small ceremony to commemerate such a major event, even after all the tragedies that the war instilled. Do play up such an awful event would really mean that we are looking at it as something painful and not beautiful, not simply something to be happy about and content with. So clearly there is a reason to celebrate, but why make such a big deal out of the freedom that is supposedly a "natural right" to begin with.
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