Not in the Manassas Battlefield. I've been there at all sorts of strange hours, and have seen nothing.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:50 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ever see any ghosts? > > The grounds of civil war battlefields...including some of the bloodiest like > Gettysburg and Antietam....are supposed to be some of the most haunted > places in America. > > This is where my love of war history meets my love of paranormal junk :) > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:21 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: Obama approves assassination of American citizen >> >> >> 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<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/07/AR2010040705%0A100.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:315316 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
