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I watched GRANT. Anyone else? Lot of talk about it before it aired.


I've had an interest in the recent unpleasantness since it was told to me as a child that my Great (2) Grandfather fought in it. On Grant's side.

I thought the show gave much insight into the character of the man and the challenges of the times and how they shaped each other. I can understand if you're Southern by birth and raising, there may have been areas in the series you had trouble with. Especially the redundancy. Although my Southern heritage is from southern Michigan, I've spent 80% of my life somewhere in the actual South. By choice.

I think the series did much to dispel the negative aspects of USG, putting into context why and how his reputation evolved so terribly for him. The man was truly between a rock and a hard place his entire life, more so near the end than ever.

This wasn't intended to be a political post. Hope we can leave it that way.

[Post edited by PhotoHokieNC at 05/28/2020 3:52PM]

Posted: 05/28/2020 at 3:51PM


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  I watched GRANT. Anyone else? Lot of talk about it before it aired. -- PhotoHokieNC 05/28/2020 3:51PM
  I can't watch any of those docudrama programs. I would much rather watch -- 81_Hokie 05/28/2020 5:43PM
  We are watching. Very informative -- HokieHi71 05/28/2020 5:40PM
  On DVR but haven't started watching yet ** -- 133743Hokie 05/28/2020 5:33PM
  Wifey recorded it. Hope to get time to watch some this weekend. Some of us -- DonHo-kieHi 05/28/2020 5:04PM
  I haven't watched it. -- Chris Coleman  05/28/2020 4:49PM
  The actor playing Grant does a good job and is a good -- PhotoHokieNC 05/28/2020 5:15PM
  I kinda stopped watching History Channel when they stopped showing history. ** -- Hokie360 05/28/2020 4:51PM
  Lost it when I went with YouTubeTV. I haven't missed it a bit, although -- reestuart 05/28/2020 5:13PM
  But...aliens. ** -- Chris Coleman  05/28/2020 4:52PM
  PBS documentary last week about Clarence Thomas -- VTCC 65 05/28/2020 5:20PM
  Pawn shops and picking ** -- HokieDan95 05/28/2020 5:08PM
  A link for you and @Hokie360 and @Chris Coleman -- Will Stewart  05/28/2020 5:10PM
  I was a fan of Pawn Stars in the beginning -- HokieDan95 05/29/2020 10:45AM
  I DVRd it, so no spoilers on who wins the war or presidential election. -- Hokie360 05/28/2020 4:48PM
  Dr. Mudd. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/28/2020 5:23PM
  Don't blame me, I voted for Andrew Johnson... ** -- banishedtothelounge 05/28/2020 4:41PM
  After the Civil War, the South turned the historical viewpoint a particular -- VTNuke 05/28/2020 4:40PM
  From what I learned in Galena IL (his adopted home) he was a puppet pol -- Vienna_Hokie 05/28/2020 8:42PM
  Grant was Nick Saban. -- Chris Coleman  05/28/2020 4:56PM
  Grant was the only one that would fight ** -- Technocrat 05/28/2020 5:23PM
  It tries to give Grant credit for not letting the Southerns in Vicksburg -- VTNuke 05/28/2020 5:09PM
  More mouths to feed in the city would mean a quicker surrender. ** -- Chris Coleman  05/28/2020 5:28PM
  This was after they surrendered, they asked to take their slaves with them -- VTNuke 05/28/2020 5:45PM
  Ah, gotcha. ** -- Chris Coleman  05/28/2020 5:46PM
  Makes you wonder why the South thought they were in same conf as the Union. ** -- Hokie360 05/28/2020 5:05PM
  Agreed. Poor decision on their part. -- Chris Coleman  05/28/2020 5:08PM
  Ed Asner at his finest ** -- HokieDan95 05/28/2020 4:39PM
  "General Lee's got spunk. I hate spunk." ** -- KCHokie2 05/28/2020 8:38PM
  It's in my DVR. Hope to get to watching it soon! ** -- Hokie CPA 05/28/2020 4:39PM
  Watched parts of it...will probably watch the rest at some point -- Vienna_Hokie 05/28/2020 4:24PM
  Thought it was outstanding, only gripe, I wish they would have spent a -- 7Hokie1 05/28/2020 4:07PM
  I agry. ** -- Major Kong 05/28/2020 3:54PM

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