My mother's best friend from church had polio as a child growing up in the 20s and 30s. She died from complications in the early 70s. I remember her walking crippled with crutches. Same for another man from our church, same age. He was in really bad shape.


"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee