That is pretty cool. I was never a big civil war buff (my interests were in pre-history and ancient history more than modern stuff...with the exception of WWII and military history). The physical remnants tell one heck of a story though.
Most of the history I have here in the Chicago area is earlier than that. We have a fort here that dates back to the Blackhawk Wars. Then of course we have a lot of 20th century history with the mob ;-) When I was majoring in anthropology, I was specializing in North and South American pre-history...fascinating stuff. Eric -----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:41 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Obama approves assassination of American citizen I just have to go about a mile and I'm on the Manassas Battlefield. there are remains of civil war forts and redoubts through the area. There are a few buildings left over from that time period though - most were burned or otherwise destroyed during the Civil War. One place still has a cannonball embedded in the wall. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yea - Antietam is not far and Harper's Ferry (some say John Brown's > raid on Harper's Ferry was the 'unofficial' start of the Civil War) is > the next town over. > > Also, the town I live in has some colonial history as well. Charles > Town was named after Charles Washington (George's brother) and the > 12th tee of the golf course I live on has the remnants of a home owned > by Lucy Washington (George's niece). The clubhouse at the golf course > also has a display of Civil War items (bullets, rifle parts, etc) from > a battle that took place on the property. > > The kids are getting interested in history, so I really need to brush up. > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Actually where you live, you're not too far from Phillipi or the other >> sites at the start of the Civil War. >> >> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I may be wrong, but I thought that slavery did nto become an issue in >>> the Civil War until after the Emancipation Proclamation - which, if >>> memory serves me correctly - only freed the slaves in the states that >>> had seceded. >>> >>> I also remember being taught that the _start_ of the Civil War was >>> based on socio-economic issues between North and South (I am not sure >>> if slavery falsl into that category or not). >>> >>> Not claiming any of this as fact - just trying to remember from >>> history class. (You would think, with where I live now, I would be >>> more up on Civil War history - I do plan to rectify that, though) >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> C'mon Larry, everyone knows that civil war was about healthcare and not >>>> becoming socialist. It had nothing to do with slavery, which by the way >>>> wasn't really slavery, it was simply an inequality in the pay structure for >>>> black workers. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Nice bit of historical revisionism there. Lets see after that are you >>>>> going to rewrite the history of the Civil War, like the latest >>>>> Republican darling Virginia governor McDonnell has done? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/07/AR2010040705 100.html?sub=AR >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > I don't remember anyone calling him soft on terror, I do remember many >>>>> > calling Bush evil. Obama is just continuing with the Bush strategy and >>>>> > getting called a hero. >>>>> > >>>>> > You mention drone attacks as a signal Obama is tougher on terror than >>>>> > Bush but is it that simple? Is the bombing helping or making things >>>>> > worse. Could we have done more bombings two years ago? >>>>> > >>>>> > Seems to me it's an illusion, step up bombing, keep the wars going but >>>>> > make nice with terrorists and beg them to be nice. It's not working, >>>>> > the whole "The world will stop hating us" plan failed. Now the >>>>> > question is what's next, does he have a plan B or will he just keep up >>>>> > with the Bush policies? >>>>> > >>>>> > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >> >>>>> > >>>>> >> Certainly a ballsy move, though if what has been said about this >>>>> >> particular guy is true, it seems like the order would naturally follow >>>>> >> given what else the admin has done. Amazing to think that there have >>>>> >> been more CIA missile strikes in Obama's first year in office than in >>>>> >> the last 3 years of Bush's tenure combined. I'm not entirely sure that >>>>> >> the people we are involving ourselves with in Afghanistan, Pakistan >>>>> >> and Yemen (to name a few) are entirely the wisest choice but I'm >>>>> >> astounded that people can actually think that the Obama admin is "soft >>>>> >> on terror". >>>>> >> >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315297 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
