Heart Of Dixie
By Connor
When someone mentions Dixie we usually think of stores and the book Because Of Winn Dixie. You see Dixie was another name for the south in the times of the civil war. Dixie were the states that tried to leave the union and become the Confederate States Of America. The Heart of Dixie was not the state with the political power despite what most people would think. The heart of Dixie is Alabama and for a very good reason. You see The heart of Dixie is geographically correct because in those days Alabama was in the geographic center of the south.
The reason a lot of shops down south have Dixie in the name is because they are most likely in the old Confederate States. The word Dixie used for the south is still in some people's vocabularies. It is the one part of these states confederacy days that was not replaced with some other name. This name has stuck to the south since the end of the Jim Crow laws. It reminds people of the history of our country and Alabama itself. Alabama has been and always will be The Heart of Dixie!
2 comments:
How true. Many women were named Dixie....like my father's cousin. Nice piece of writing...what else do you know about the south?
marney i like it
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