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Hi everybody
a friend of mine invited me to participate in the military reenactment. sure long hair is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the army :)
anayway we were having fun, I decided to share a couple of pics with you. It is me trying on military uniform
Now that's a combination you don't get to see very often: a man in full formal dress military uniform, AND with a great looking head of long hair, to boot!!!
These photos in my opinion are simply stunning -- a very unexpected combo!!
Thanks for sharing this. Here in the United States, I have never EVER seen a guy in any kind of military uniform allowed to also have long hair; so even though I realize that this pic was taken just for fun, I have heard that in some European countries (the Netherlands, for example, as well as in some of the Scandinavian countries) long hair is allowed in some country's army or navy... What a breath of fresh air!
- Ken
many thanks :)
Yes, Ken. You are right. The google informs us that "in 2013 the Norwegian armed forces announced that male soldiers are allowed to grow their hair long as long as they keep it in a ponytails"
wow
really great news
That is some great looking hair.
Along this same line I belong to a civil war group that honors our
ancestors who answered President Lincoln's call to save the union during the civil war. (See my avatar). There are a few of us who do have long hair, mine is the longest of them all..........even longer than any of the women in the ladies allied orders.
When we have our national encampment, there are usually about 200-300 who attend, there are usually about 5-10 with long hair.
Our civil war group are not re-enactors, we are an honorary organization set up to succeed the old GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) and remember our ancestors who answered President Lincoln's call to save the union. We are just coming off the 150th anniversary of the civil war.
At the age of 61, when I joined the organization I expected to get lots of complaints about the hair. I've now been in the organization for five years and haven't gotten a single complaint about the hair.
/taking off my Patriotic Instructor hat now.
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I would expect that no one would complain about your hair especially considering the fact you are doing this as a volunteer I assume. Wouldn't that be like shooting themselves in the foot? Figuratively of course. Lol. Don't want to insult someone who is working for free;) Cheers
Mârk
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Ha ha, I have no idea where that came from as I did not intend to post a link in my response.
Mârk
many thanks for your interesting comment
i am going to do search about the American Civil War because much to my regret I know very little on the topic.´
Hi Mark,
As an American raised with hearing all about the Civil War when I was in school and growing up, here is my version of the "history in a nutshell" (meaning, an over-simplification of the events that led up to the American Civil War, plus an edited version of the war itself, as well as the outcome):
Prior to the breaking out of the American Civil War, the United States was divided into 2 very different philosophical opinions and social practices re. slavery: 1) the states in the North who vehemently opposed the idea of owning other people as slaves (specifically, Africans who had been brought to the Americas against their will); 2) states in the South who were pro-slavery (and who had a long history of White plantation and other property owners thinking nothing about owning Black people as their own personal slaves).
The now famous US President at the time, Abraham Lincoln, was very anti-slavery; but he had many opponents to his views and desires to end slavery, primarily the resistance from people in the Southern states (especially states like Virginia, North & South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, & Texas, for example). Eventually the North and the South went to war over this issue -- the North wanting to keep the United States of America together as one Union; the South wanting to separate and form its own country (allowing slavery).
It was a painful, horrible time in our history, with a lot of deaths on both sides -- and in some cases, still some lingering bitterness, even though this war happened many generations ago. Myself being a Northerner (born and raised in the state of Illinois, "The Land of Lincoln", where President Abraham Lincoln is from), I am of course very grateful that slavery was abolished in the USA, thanks to the North winning this war! But, as I said earlier, there are still some bitter resentments and very angry feelings that still exist in the Deep South to this very day, even though this war was declared over long long ago. No war is "good" or easy on any of its people -- even when justifiably for a worthy cause.
... This is my own version of "history in a nutshell" on this particular topic, anyway. I've left out a lot of important smaller details about the American Civil War; but my narrative above at least gives you a good general idea of what happened here in the US, about 150 years ago.
Thanks for reading!
- Ken
Ken,
It seems that Northerners can view the Civil War in a much less ambiguous way than Southerners can. As a progressive Southerner, this is something I struggle with: I admire the nobility of spirit and loyalty to homeland exemplified by such men as Robert E. Lee and by a few of my own family members, but despise the cause for which they sacrificed so much. It's an interesting mix of things.
Lucian
Basically what it amounts to the civil war was occurred over two
issues: 1. slavery and 2. states rights. The result is
deadliest war in the history of the US of A. 750,000 are now considered to have died. And even that may be a very low
number. Who knows how many died somewhere in some far away state
and their family never knew what happened to them or where they died or were buried.
Our civl war group has a graves registration project to compile
a database of all who served in the civil war. We'll probably
never account for all.
It should also be noted that many who died during the civil
war died from afflictions that are treatable today.
I would also mention that you often had brother fighting brother. One brother would join the union, anther brother would join the confederates. you also had women who would pretend to be men and join the fight.
Finally I would mention that a new civll could well be around the corner. Today there still remains grave differences between the union states and the confederates. Differences that could in coming years lead to another civil war.
Civil War Deaths
Thanks for reading!
Hi, Ken!
Thank you so much for this very interesting article. Thanks for taking time to write it :)
You know what is really sad about this, In a number of schools
(including California) they no longer teach about the civil war. So now you'll come across kids who don't know we had a civil war, a war in Viet Nam, or two World Wars.
Another aspect of the civil war was states rights.
There are those who want to have a new civil war over various
issues. You have to wonder if a new civil war is in our
future.
More than 150 years ago. 1861-1865.
I would mention that if you want know more about the civil war,
much has been written, there are also numerous civil war groups
whose purpose is to remember the civil war and honor those who
died in the civil war. There are also groups like Civil War round table who purpose is to preserve and promote the history of the civil war.
Great photos and great hair. You look like a model in that uniform.
Your hair looks great great...too bad our army doesn't allow it...
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Wow, the hair looks super neat!