#TBT 1980 East Berlin. 5 wk Euro road trip with 21 college kids in an old tour bus. At East German border we were searched by DDR soldiers. They confiscated my Time Magazine. Russian tanks all along the road heading to Berlin. Cold wars are better than hot ones.
In 1888, General Longstreet returned to Gettysburg.
A one-legged Yank hobbled up on crutches, grasped his hand, and said, "General, I fought against you at Round Top. I lost a wing there, but I am proud to meet you here."
Longstreet beamed and grasped the veterans hand. "Yes, those were hot times then, but I’m all right now."
Over 30,000 Union and Confederate veterans gathered to promote national unity and reconciliation.
Those who bled there knew the war was over and we were all countrymen again. We could learn something from them.