Saturday is the anniversary of the Surrender of Appomatox. (That is if the Government is still up in running-otherwise the re-enactors will have to go home)
Here is a short synopsis of what happened that day. The signing took place in Wilmer Macleans house and the Union Generals picked the place clean for souvenirs. Maclean had moved there when a shell destroyed his kitchen at his house at Manasses. It was said that the war started in his kitchen and ended in his living room.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htm
It was said that the war started in his kitchen and ended in his living room.
I always loved that fact. Think of the odds! I call that one of those, fun things to know and tell, items.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
I always loved that fact. Think of the odds! I call that one of those, fun things to know and tell, items.
I had a teacher that called it "Cocktail Party fodder". It's a fun fact that you can pull out when things are dull at a party.
George Armstrong Custer wound up with the small table that the surrender was drafted on.
"Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend, inside of a dog, it's too dark to read" Groucho Marx
Excuse the pun but, oh how the tables turned...
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
Good One Marion!!
"Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend, inside of a dog, it's too dark to read" Groucho Marx