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Originally Posted by rubber_factory
You know what is interesting to me? May the 10th is mentioned in "The Night they drove old dixie down." I was reading an article about it not too long ago, which discussed the historical significance of May the 10th. Apparently nothing worthy of mention happened on that day, so it makes me wonder if the song influenced the holiday in some way.
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May the 10th was not taken from the song. We celebrate Confederate Memorial Day on May 10th, because that's the day the Confederacy fell. In the song it's mentioned as Richmond, which was the capital of the Confederacy, so usually when the capital falls, then the country falls with it.
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