Ren Faires Ain't new, Just Ask the KKK

[PatYoung]

When Confederate veterans organized the 1867 version of a Renaissance Faire to raise money for a statue memorializing the Confederate dead, General Frank Cheatham and the Ku Klux Klan were featured guests.
https://thereconstructionera.com/ku...-version-of-a-renaissance-faire-in-tennessee/

 

[rittmeister]

what is funeral rest?

 

[O' Be Joyful]

what is funeral rest?

I believe it is another term for "parade rest" and is carried out by soldiers when when carrying rifles as an honor guard for a military funeral as in this case the "soldier" is forever rendering honor for the fallen.

 

[rittmeister]

I believe it is another term for "parade rest" and is carried out by soldiers when when carrying rifles as an honor guard for a military funeral as in this case the "soldier" is forever rendering honor for the fallen.

i just never heard it - alweays thought it was 'parade rest' after firing that volley into the air

we need expertice, @Al Mackey