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30 June 1863: Chambersburg, Penn.: Confederate troops destroy large stores of whiskey before moving on to Gettysburg.
ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Rebels marching on Chambersburg. (2) On to Gettysburg: Gen. Lee confers with his commanders in Chambersburg on the evening of 30 June 1863.
ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Rebels marching on Chambersburg. (2) On to Gettysburg: Gen. Lee confers with his commanders in Chambersburg on the evening of 30 June 1863.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. What were they thinking Dale... good whiskey...
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Posted 3 y ago
The Gray Ghost TV 1957 colorized s01e04 "Point of Honor"
The Civil War exploits of the Confederate battalion known as Mosby's Raiders, led byJohn Mosby (Tod Andrews), nicknamed the Gray Ghost. In this experimentall...
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SSG Bill McCoy
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I remember watching that as a kid. Imagine if they came out with that today, and how the "woke" crowd would go utterly insane.
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SSG Bill McCoy The historical eraser = in full swing now.
https://www.fauquier.com/news/at-a-time-of-racial-reckoning-the-gray-ghost-becomes-grayer/article_fcbb45de-f78f-11ea-86aa-13f329cc04ab.html
https://www.fauquier.com/news/at-a-time-of-racial-reckoning-the-gray-ghost-becomes-grayer/article_fcbb45de-f78f-11ea-86aa-13f329cc04ab.html
At a time of racial reckoning, the Gray Ghost becomes grayer
With no fanfare or firestorm, the board of the Mosby Heritage Area Association in mid-July changed its name to Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association. Leaders say it better reflects the
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SSG Bill McCoy
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CPT (Join to see) - Yes, and Congress just enacted their bill to have all Confederate statues removed from the Capitol Building, including former Senator Jefferson Davis, among others.
Virginia (I was stationed at Walter Reed, Ft. Myer and Ft. Belvoir for a combined total of nearly 7 years. Virginia was once a proud state (Commonwealth) and Fairfax County had one of the best public school systems in the country. Today, Northern Virginia is overrun with immigrants and families of all of the embassies and the school have to employe dozens of translators for the parents who refuse to speak English, even when they know how.
The government there has gone utterly "woke," and Confederate statues of noble men like Robert E. Lee are being destroyed, desecrated and removed. All that to satisfy revisionist history mongers! I suspect the world is laughing at us.
Virginia (I was stationed at Walter Reed, Ft. Myer and Ft. Belvoir for a combined total of nearly 7 years. Virginia was once a proud state (Commonwealth) and Fairfax County had one of the best public school systems in the country. Today, Northern Virginia is overrun with immigrants and families of all of the embassies and the school have to employe dozens of translators for the parents who refuse to speak English, even when they know how.
The government there has gone utterly "woke," and Confederate statues of noble men like Robert E. Lee are being destroyed, desecrated and removed. All that to satisfy revisionist history mongers! I suspect the world is laughing at us.
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Posted 3 y ago
They couldn't let that good whiskey go to waste, now could they! LOL!
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