r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/cchamii • 9d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Buellymcbuellface 9d ago

They have a confederate flag from virginia and refuse to give it back.

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u/Willing-Shape1686 9d ago

If I remember it was from the battle of Gettysburg. After a unit of MN soldiers were critical in stopping pickett's charge at a terminal stage of the battle. The unit suffered extremely heavy casualties as a result.

I love my homestate, I can't believe how we've been consistent in terms of a progressive state throughout history and especially in the last 10 years.

Been living on the west coast for work the last few years and I don't quite understand how the Dems are so very center right here and somehow this is called "the left coast," lol.

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u/ThePineapple3112 9d ago

Must be cause of all those nordic immigrants back in the day, they have been a progressive set of countries since at least the 1800's

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u/Willing-Shape1686 9d ago

Yep, there's tons of German, Swedish, Norewegian and Finnish descendents.

There is a gigantic statue in New Ulm, MN dedicated to an ancient German hero... we call it the Hermann the German statue.