The year 1862 does not offend me. A lot of good things happened that year:
-Julia Howe published, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
-Congress created the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
-The Homestead Act provided cheap land for the settlement of the West
-There was the first telegraph link between New York and San Francisco
-The bowling bowl was invented
-The Pacific Railroad Acts were passed by Congress, which promoted the Transcontinental RR
-The Western Pacific RR was formed
So...not all of 1862 was offensive. Maybe we need thicker skins.
Matt