A Whole Nation

On July 15th, 1870, Georgia was readmitted to the union. It was the last of the eleven Confederate states to meet the requirements for re-admittance. The nation was whole again.

Georgia had seceded on January 2, 1861. Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada and Nebraska had all joined the union in the nine years Georgia was gone.

It would be another seven years until the end of reconstruction, and the Southern states would be free of their Northern administrators.

It took over five years after the Civil War had ended for re-admittance, and almost twelve years until the occupying forces would be gone. All of this happened in a land where democracy was historically the rule of law.

Why the powers-that-be expect governments to be formed in lands that have had no basis for free choice boggles the mind. Why the powers-that-be expect a people to take control of their lives and their own futures while armies patrol their streets is yet another question.

Why the powers-that-be don't consider history when planning and committing this country to war is inexcusable.

Why we, the people, allow this to continue is sad.

Congratulations, Georgia on the 138th anniversary of your return to the United States of America. The experiment continues.