Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20131004004930/@comment-16502426-20131004042937

The Devil's Advocate WP wrote: It would have been a hundred years ago if it was the one his great-great-grandpa fought in, so I kind of doubt it. Oobleck said it was recent, so I am thinking two or three decades ago at most. Yeah, that was the sticking point for me. But then why would it just be "the" war, if there had more recently been this other war? Oobleck also said "relatively recently" in that it was still affecting things today.

Slavery in the US was a long time ago, but still could be considered "relatively recently" in the history of the country. It also was still affecting things 100 years later in the 1960/70s.