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| A must read: Battle of Athens Tennessee (1946) Armed Vets shoot up a ridge election |
| 2022-12-24 |
| [Wikipedia] The Battle of Athens (sometimes called the McMinn County War) was a rebellion led by citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the local government in August 1946. The citizens, including some World War II veterans, accused the local officials of predatory policing, police brutality, political corruption, and voter intimidation. |
| Posted by:Woodrow |
| #2 Interesting article. I remember hearing about this when I was younger. Those McMinn County boys are still very rough tough folks...same as their great grandfathers. During that time, their grandfathers were Civil War vets and their perspective was greatly influenced by the verbal history they grew up listening to on the front porches and in the living rooms. Government was not viewed as friend... |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2022-12-24 11:20 |
| #1 The usual suspects asked for the governor to send the National Guard. Someone in the capital was smart enough to understand that the Guard would be composed of the same Vets as those in Athens and that the capital wasn't any less corrupt than those officials. Let's not give the boys any ideas now chief. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-12-24 09:19 |