There's a few places in Virginia and Maryland you'd like then . First off there's the Calvert Cliffs in Maryland - huge fossil beds there. One very interesting sight in south west Virginia is Saltville Virginia, there's a set of Miocene fossil beds, and nearby there's several pre Clovis sites.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:315306 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
