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Charmingly unsophisticated |
Seems like going through my mom's house brings more questions than answers. I mean my dad was a Presbyterian, but wouldn't the UVF be a little extreme for them?  _______________________________ The artist formerly known as AllenInWV | ||
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Hars to say, i dont know anyhting about them  What man is a man that does not make the world better. -Balian of Ibelin Only boring people get bored. - Ruth Burke | |||
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| Charmingly unsophisticated |
LMBO You know, I totally didn't make that connection. _______________________________ The artist formerly known as AllenInWV | |||
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There is a Wikipedia article on the UVF. It states that the Ideology was "Ulster loyalism, Irish unionism, Protestant fundamentalism, and Anti-Catholicism." flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| Charmingly unsophisticated |
Yeah, I had a vague idea what the UVF was (Protestant paramilitary organization in N. Ireland)....but I'm really curious how Dad came to have this. It was in a ring box with a "Goldwater in 64" and "Willkie: Ring It Again" campaign pins. LOL Also, a double stamped $1 bill. _______________________________ The artist formerly known as AllenInWV | |||
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Age Quod Agis |
There was also a UVF from the First World War era that was opposed to Home Rule. It would be interesting to find which era that pin is from. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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| Charmingly unsophisticated |
The'60s UVF claimed a lineage to the WW1 UVF, to include using the logo/motto, but according to Wiki, the link was never proven. I can't imagine the 60s guys having lapel pins though. _______________________________ The artist formerly known as AllenInWV | |||
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Objectively Reasonable |
I realize that this is perhaps a matter of perspective-- depending on whether one has strong Unionist or strong Republican leanings-- but the latter-day UVF were terrorists, plain and simple. The "original" UVF was a product of Irish partition and the heated/violent debate leading up to it. The 1960s-1990s crowd co-opted the name and symbols. The pin is almost certainly from the 1920s. | |||
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Plowing straight ahead come what may |
Allen...sometimes folks hang onto things that may be puzzling to their heirs...I've got a soviet paratroopers patch, paratrooper lapel insignia and two hammer and sickle hat insignia that a buddy obtained in Afghanistan and after his tour, gave me when he got home...I hang onto them because I think they are cool and a buddy gave them to me... If my two daughters didn't know me so well and ran across them after I croak not knowing their story...they may think I'm a commie ******************************************************** "we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet | |||
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Agreed. When I was younger a had an Afrika Corps uniform patch and now have no idea where it went. Knowing how my mom was, it probably got thrown out while I was in school. Living the Dream | |||
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| Slayer of Agapanthus |
I have an Iron Cross, from WWI. I bought it in the FRG for 10 DM when I was a teen. My grandfather had a Depression-era good luck piece in his attic. It has a swami gazing into a crystal ball with a swastika. "Good luck will accompany the bearer". Someone could think that I like the Nazis. Nope, just two trinkets that are interesting because they are unusual (and from family). Maybe a friend gave the pin to your father, or he bought it for the history. No need to delve into the nefarious. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre. | |||
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