Posted on 06/28/2004 12:00:12 AM PDT by SAMWolf
Hi Spooky, I hope you got back to sleep and everything is okay.
Thanks Sam. We don't hear much about the actions in Kansas and Missouri. Good read.
Flemish painter of fat ladies.
I joined the Navy to see the world, and what did I see?
I saw the sea.
Oh, the Atlantic isn't romantic
and the Pacific isn't terrific,
and the Caribbean ain't what it's cracked up to be
Morning Spooky. Did they catch the prowler? Not a good way to start the day.
Hiya Light Speed. You've changed your FR page...now you've got some 'splainin to do. What is it or do I just need more coffee?
Between our resident Vexillologist PE, feather you and Phil we get some of the neatest pictures posted at the Foxhole and we love them all!
Mornin' alfa6.
Good morning EGC.
Morning E.G.C. Looks like another beautiful day starting.
Morning alfa6.
It'd be interesting to know if Monday is the day on which most people end up being late for work.
If I may recomend
April 1865: The Month That Saved America
by Jay Winik
Not Enough Superlatives
The English language lacks enough superlatives to describe this book. Jay Winik brings the denouement of the Civil War to life with the crisp, eloquent prose of a novelist and the exacting standards and rich detail of an historian.
The fateful decisions rendered in April 1865 -- perhaps the most momentous month in our Republics history -- would help to transform a loosely connected confederation of independent states into a full-fledged, united nation. (In its early years, the United States was commonly used as a plural noun, Winik observes, becoming a singular noun only after the Civil War.)
It did not have to turn out this way. In fact, secessionist proclivities had been deeply embedded in the American experience, Winik points out, citing examples such as the Whiskey Rebellion, the threatened severance of New England during the War of 1812 and the South over the nullification law machinations. That the Civil War would forever lay to rest secessionist impulses -- and as important, not degenerate into a protracted campaign of low-level bloodletting and on-going recrimination (as many other civil wars have) -- is, Winik says, largely due to the words and deeds of men like Lee, Lincoln, Johnston, Grant and Sherman during the pivotal days of April 1865. It was Lincoln, Grant and Sherman who, time and again, chose reconciliation over retribution, while Lee and Johnston charted a path of honorable surrender (rather than prolonged guerrilla conflict) and wholehearted Union re-embrace.
Winiks new work is a masterful achievement -- certainly among the best books lining my bookshelf. Another classic is Winiks 1996 account of the U.S. triumph in the Cold War: "On The Brink." Fans of "April 1865" may want to check it out.
http://www.history-us.com/April_1865_The_Month_That_Saved_America_0060930888.html
Morning Tax-chick.
I never knew that the JO stood for Joseph Orville either until I looked into doing this thread.
Morning Mayor. I need that kick start I get from coffee today. I'm dragging this morning.
Lee and Forrest carried those whiskers the best. ;-)
Mornin' Aeronaut.
Good morning Mayor. It's a cool 56 degrees this morning, sunshine and headed for 81 degrees.
If I may quote my buddy Buck(in speaking of his wife), "She keeps me warm in the winter and shady in the summertime, and that works for me.".
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