At a Civil War Musket firing demonstration in the deep South:
Musket Firing Demonstration Person (MFDP): (using a long, winding, barely-understandable Southern drawl) So...I am wearing the uniform of which Army?
Person in Audience (PIA): Confederate Army!
MFDP: Right! (audience claps and cheers)
And this musket is from which Army?
PIA: Confederate!
MFDP: Right again! Very good! (audience claps and cheers)
And this Fort you are visiting was held by which side in the Civil War?
PIA: Confederacy!
MFDP: Right! Excellent! Such a smart crowd! (audience claps and cheers)
And who were the ones who wore the navy blue uniforms? What were they called?
Me: The winners! ........ (awkward silence and not-so-friendly stares)
You know, I don't think the South has quite gotten over it.
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