Tuesday, April 17, 2012

The Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia

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Not to be confused with the America Civil War Center also located in Richmond at Tredagar Ironworks, (see the post, "The Virginia Trapp...
Monday, April 16, 2012

The White House of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia

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It's a good thing we had Lil' Miss GPS, or we would have never found this place! Now buried in the hospital district of downtown R...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

A New Museum of the Confederacy

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Yes, it's brand new ... and very nice. We're still in Appomattox.  The Museum of the Confederacy located next to the Southern ...
Saturday, April 14, 2012

The Last Civil War Cemetery

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Well, I don't know if it was the absolute last, but for the troops in the Northern Army of Virginia it was. Here, just outside of Appo...
Friday, April 13, 2012

Lee's Last Headquarters

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Just a tad closer to Richmond than Appomattox Court House we find the location of Robert E. Lee's last headquarters camp.  Just a short ...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Return to Appomattox

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Well, it's April, and that's when Lee surrendered to Grant in 1865, so John wants to go back to Appomattox.  Besides, they just open...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

The Groundhog is Back! and a Wascally Wabbit!

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For his size, I think he's got claws that would rival a grizzly bear! Now, you may not think this is a ve...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Blandford Church and Cemetery, Petersburg, VA.

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Actor Joseph Cotton is buried here.  The earliest headstone is dated 1702 (Richard Yarborough.)  There is even a BRITISH Revolutionary War o...
Monday, April 9, 2012

Chief Piamingo of the Chickasaw Indians

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We're back in Petersburg and up the river from the old Peter Jones Trading Post. There's at least a couple of dozen things t...
Sunday, April 8, 2012

He Arose!

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Christ is alive! He died for me, so, I choose to live for Him!  If I am alive in Christ, I am no longer in rebellion against Him.  The wo...
Saturday, April 7, 2012

Yes? or No?

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Was Christ resurrected from death? Either you believe in the super-natural, or not.   It all comes down to faith, because the super...
Friday, April 6, 2012

"Good" Friday

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Were you there when they crucified our Lord? Where are you now?
Thursday, April 5, 2012

Maundy Thursday

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All of our years of being faithful Christians, attending Sunday School and virtually all church services offered, John and I had never heard...
Saturday, March 31, 2012

The Michie Tavern, Charlottesville, Virginia

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Now we're hungry!  There was this tavern on the roadside just as we were turning into Monticello.  It looked as though it had been there...
Friday, March 30, 2012

The Flowers (and snakes) of Monticello

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