New Gettysburg movie on the History Channel

Remember the movie The Horse Soldiers with John Wayne?  I watched it again last night, it remains a favorite.  The dialogue is clever and the history is oddly familiar if not quite accurate.  Nonetheless, as a kid, it sparked my imagination, made me a lifetime learner on the Civil War, and that is the really noble purpose of such pieces of entertainment.

Enter Gettysburg on the History Channel this Memorial Day weekend.  If the insignia on the Hardee hat is any indication there should be plenty of grist here to keep the mills of the blogosphere running.  Go to the link, see what you think, then spill some ink.  I'll be interested in the variety of reviews that come in.


Here's the hunting horn insignia of the infantry as worn on the regulation Hardee Hat:

Here's the crossed rifles insignia from the History Channel film Gettysburg:

(click on it to examine closely)

And here's that same, exact insignia as found on the six dollar kid kepis from China:

Perhaps this is one of the consequences of having Larry the cable guy help make history one day at a time.

As for me, I'll be thinking of all the nine-year-olds who may be avidly watching it, warts and all, with unjaundiced eyes, who will be the historians, avid tourists, and park rangers of tomorrow.

Here's hoping.

Mannie