The Confederate Flag's Place in Real Life and Second Life

In recent days, the Confederate flag from the American Civil War has been in the news. In the wake of people demanding it be taken down from South Carolina's state capitol building, people have been calling for it's removal elsewhere, and it has been removed from sale in some stores. As it turns out, Confederate-themed items are available in Second Life, including for sale in Marketplace. Following a call by someone in SL media for Linden Lab to ban these items, I contacted someone in the Civil War Roleplay sim in Dakota to talk about the matter. She had a few things to say about it.

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Virtual Gettysburg Gets a New Home

Last month in December 2013, the Newser reported on the Virtual Gettysburg exhibit, which at the time was a temporary setup in the Sunset Isle sim. For those who enjoyed the display, there's some good news. The battlefield now has a new home in Redemptions.

"I'm happy to announce that we've moved to a new sim, which will hopefully be a permanent home," Trodden Mills explained to me, "we have more prims now so we will have a chance to expand -- I've got someone working on a walking tour that should be very impressive. ... Something with more information than the balloon tour."

Trodden also explained they will be fixing a few bugs the display had, such as some "holes" in the terrain, "At least we can guarantee no one will fall ..." *grin*

Virtial Gettysburg is now at Redemptions (98, 23, 3965)

Bixyl Shuftan

Virtual Gettysburg

If you're looking for a change of pace from the Winter events and places, there is an historical exhibit up: Virtual Gettysburg. This location depicts the field of the Civil War battle that raged in southern Pennsylvania from July 1 to 3, 1863, resulting in tens of thousands dead or wounded. If you're interested, don't wait long. The exhibit is scheduled to be gone after December 31st.

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