The Man in the Shadow

Sometimes a man arrives on the scene, who somehow appears out of the masses of the people. A man who somehow seems to have stepped out of the shadows, and destiny or the Almighty God Himself, has touched him. The man described in the article is such a man!
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Confederate Historic Fiction is a scenario whereby it is imagined that history has turned out differently, for the purpose that Confederates of our own time might become convinced they are equally as capable of altering the course of history through their activism.

We cannot help but notice that in an overwhelming number of cases it has been a single individual which changed the course of history. If this short story achieves anything it should be to challenge you to think, and consider what you personally can do to help bring victory to our cause. How many times in throughout history, has one man stood alone against an empire.

The Man Standing in the Background
Monday 6 April 2015

It was a Monday mid-morning, and I was making my normal monthly rounds of the local area, stopping in City Hall, the bank, supermarket and a sundered other places. Along the way, it was my custom to pause for a coffee break, and a respite. The chosen place was a local coffee shop along 23rd street, here in Panama City Florida; an area close enough to town, not far from the areas Florida State University campus, as well as the Panama City Junior College.

The crowd at the coffee shop has always been a mixture of local citizens and college/university students. My journey this day would take longer then usual, since preparations were underway for a family reunion just five days away. Sometime tomrow or the next day, the plan was to take my wife about town so she could make her own preparations. But for the most part, today it was business!

Upon entering I noticed the counter stools were all occupied, as were most of the booths, so I approached one of the remaining booths and made myself comfortable. Just about that time three men walked my way, and ask if they might join me, seeing space was becoming scarce I replied; "Most certainly I replied, do have a seat." A polite waitress came our way and took our order; afterward we began to introduce ourselves. As we did, I notice one gentleman among them, who seemed to remain as it were, in the background.
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He was the last to have been seated, as well as to have been introduced to the others. Another was obviously a full blood Indian, who went by the name of Gray Cloud; a name he earned because on the day of his birth, the weather was gray and overcast. He also had what most would call a birth name, which he used outside of his immediate circle of friends. Gray Cloud also occasionally spoke an Indian language and dialect, which I later assumed to be Sioux, which his friends appeared to understand to some degree!

Normally we locals pay little attention to the tourists, but these gentlemen seemed different somehow from the others. The one man held a Masters Degree and was working for his Doctorate; he spoke several languages. The Indian as it was soon discovered was of the Lakota Sioux Nation. He had only recently finished a tour of duty in the Army; Special Forces.

He was now studying the history and ancient ways of the Indian Nations at large, with a mission of using computer technology to reinvigorate the heritage and culture of his people. He also discussed an idea of creating a type of Indian Rodeo which would challenge Indian men to return to being warriors with pride in their race. The third man was as different as the other two were from each other. He excelled in such things as business financial investments, and political fund raising. Though he was only now gaining the needed experience!

Hollywood could never write a better script, then these men possessed as a natural consequence. A casual observation alone would show, the man in the background awed the people, and they are drawn to him. He seems to remain in the background for now, obviously by his own choice. But still he draws them! His parents, as it was soon reveled, were of the Old Southern School and he himself possesses all the prerequisites of a potentially strong Confederate States Nationalist Leader.

We shall see how it all turns out regarding the future of these three men; however they definitely when seen together form a talent pool unmatched among any similar grouping of friends. They are totally unlike any of their peers, being highly intellectual and mission oriented. While they are beyond a doubt men of the 21st century, still at the same time they appeared to be throwbacks to an earlier time in many ways. Like as if they have one foot in the 19th and the other in the 21st centuries.

We finished our snacks and arose simultaneously to leave; it was easy to see how this scenario could be so clearly understood. How the man who stood in the background somehow attracted people; even total strangers were drawn to him. Every eye in the restaurant that day seems to follow this man, and as I observed him, it was found to be a natural attribute. He himself was of a mellow and gentlemanly demeanor; not doing anything to purposefully draw their attention.

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This gentleman was beyond any doubt whatsoever, a Christian, God fearing Confederate States Nationalist, Patriot and Southern Gentleman.  Even his accent gave him away!   There obviously is no way for me to know, if perhaps there might be other such men out there somewhere; but if there are, history is about make a dramatic course change!  As for this most unusual gentleman who stood in the background; there could have been no better place from which to observe him then this small coffee shop.  It is my hunch this man has a date with destiny!    

God save the Confederacy