re: #314 calochortus

He died for a good cause. I can take pride in that.

My mom’s side on the other hand, seems to have made it out without much injury from the Revolution and the Civil War. Which is real lucky in the case of the Civil War, considering the death rate for males in that war was something like 8%, with the North (who my mom’s ancestor’s fought for) suffering 3% losses.

Also, the economic recovery is very slow still. The fertility rate of the US has dropped during our quasi-depression.