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I was thinking that. And how everyone has interesting stories in their family background.
That's what I was thinking when she talked about how its in her family to just keep going no matter what. I can understand because when I looked up mine that is what I got from it. If you know things like this then it can be an inspritation too, and when the world seems to have crumbled you can remind yourself. I once upon a time ask myself what my g grandparents would do and just took care of stuff because that was what had to be done.
I think that is one of the true values of knowing about your ancestors. Your can connect with something more than today and this society and your little world in a personal way.
It was also very sad that this still rather young woman is so woefully uneducated about the history of her country. How could she never have heard of Andersonville? It is not just a memorial to the union civil war POW's today but the POW's of all wars everywhere. We really REALLY need to teach and talk about our history since you need to know where we all came from too.
Love that I can watch this via Amazon for a few bucks a month.
But it's not like Andersonville is some piece of esoteric knowledge that only Civil War buffs would know about. It's pretty much common knowledge. It's like saying "Gettysburg...was there a battle there or something?"
I think it's not quite as common as you are assuming, especially since most people don't have much of an interest in history. For just Average Joe/Jane-on-the-street name recognition, I definitely wouldn't put it in with the Tier One names (Gettysburg, Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Sherman, Bull Run, Shiloh, Grant), but considerably lower. Probably somewhere between J.E.B. Stuart and Antietam.
But sadly, I don't even think Clarkson would have recognized the "tier one" names, apart from Lincoln.
Nah, I still think Andersonville is much more famous. She's just a fluff-head. Again, she's not 18; she's 31.
I hope this will stir a curiosity in her and maybe she'll study some history, but sadly I think not. Her mother looked surprised that she had not heard of Andersonville when she asked. She ought to read a bit more about it or perhaps one of the survivors journels you can find on Amazon.
I wonder if they'd gone back before that if she'd have known anything about older ancestors lives and histories if she barely knows anything about the civil war. Sad, sad sad...
I think it's not quite as common as you are assuming, especially since most people don't have much of an interest in history. For just Average Joe/Jane-on-the-street name recognition, I definitely wouldn't put it in with the Tier One names (Gettysburg, Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Sherman, Bull Run, Shiloh, Grant), but considerably lower. Probably somewhere between J.E.B. Stuart and Antietam.
Agree. Genealogists probably know more about history just by dealing with it all the time. Clarkson is a singer, right? She probably knows things about that the average non-singer doesn't know.
I just returned from a trip to Gettysburg. We were there for the 150th anniversary. We also went to Antietam and to Chickamauga where my 3rd Gr Grandfather died. My husband is not into history as much as me. He knew Gettysburg and Antietam. He knew Robert E Lee, Grant, Sherman and even Pickett. He did know about Chickamauga or Andersonville. I'm really sad that I didn't realize we would pass Andersonville on the way home. We also went to Ohio and did some genealogy stuff. I actually met a 2nd cousin while in a graveyard. We were looking at the same name on a headstone and turned out to share a Gr Gr Grandfather.
My hubby is 47 BTW
It must be a 3rd great grandfather thing -- one of mine died a POW in an Andersonville overfill camp called Camp Lawton in Millen GA. Several other 3rd ggfs served -- but if I recall correctly it was only on my mother's side. My Dad's side the timing was wrong, the men too old and the boys too young.
It is Tuesday again and so it's time to turn on the tv. I missed it last week because I fell asleep. Write yourself a note or set an alarm if you don't want to miss it.
I love this show. I'm about Clarkson's age and I was not familiar with Andersonville either. History class is not what it used to be, people. If you're not a history buff, chances are you aren't going to get the chance to learn it all sitting in a classroom.
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