Sadly...you see that a lot with buildings and objects of historical and cultural significance. I am glad to see that in the past few decades, we have become more aware of these places and have gone to greater lengths to try and preserve them.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:46 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Obama approves assassination of American citizen Nice! In the remains of the building owned by Lucy Washington, you can see where bullets hit the house. The house burned down after the Civil War and when they built the golf course in 1991, they were going to tear down the remaining structure, but some locals fought it and got it made a historical landmark to save it - I for one am glad they did. Oddly enough, it was not until a few years ago that the remaining walls (parts of two adjacent walls that make am L shape) were actually incorporated into the tee box (the tee box is inside the walls now). Before that, the walls were just surrounded by weeds and overgrown grass. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:315299 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
