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| Part of my hometown's amazing history; Birthplace of Memorial Day as we know it | |
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| plays88keys | May 30 2011, 08:47 AM Post #1 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Petersburg, Virginia |
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| Aqua Letifer | May 30 2011, 08:55 AM Post #2 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Incidentally, in non-fiction today we had a seminar on Abraham Lincoln. It's pretty interesting to hear folks from halfway around the world give their opinions on your own country's history.
Okay c'mon. You gotta admit, that's a target-rich name if ever there was one. I mean seriously, Blandford? Is that just up the road from Drabville? |
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| George K | May 30 2011, 08:59 AM Post #3 |
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Finally
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At least you don't live in Boringville. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Aqua Letifer | May 30 2011, 09:03 AM Post #4 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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![]() Some American town names are funny, sure, but Australia takes the cake for downright goofy. Wooloomooloo. Tom Ugly. Come By Chance. Wagga Wagga. |
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| sue | May 30 2011, 09:17 AM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Hey, that's in Newfoundland! I wonder which came first.
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| Aqua Letifer | May 30 2011, 09:22 AM Post #6 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Okay you made me look it up. For one, Come By Chance, Canada is small. VERY small. Population 265. Seems like the only reason it exists is to supply manpower to the Come By Chance refinery. BUT! Come By Chance, New South Wales is smaller. By half. And it seems to have been established for no particular reason. Just a handful of families getting together and saying, hey, let's live here. Weird. |
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| plays88keys | May 30 2011, 05:45 PM Post #7 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Abraham Lincoln visited Petersburg in the final days of the Civil War. He met with Ulysses S. Grant in the parlor of my great-great grandfather's house to discuss Lee's pending surrender at Appomattox. It was the last time the two of them ever saw each other. Grant went to Appomattox, and Lincoln returned to Washington, where he met his fate at Ford's Theater. The house still stands and is on the National Register of Historic Places. I think it's very cool that our family legacy includes this piece of national history. |
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| Renauda | May 30 2011, 06:07 PM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Now that is a family legacy to pass down for generations to come! |
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| jon-nyc | May 31 2011, 01:29 AM Post #9 |
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Cheers
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Interesting story, Plays. |
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| The 89th Key | May 31 2011, 05:31 AM Post #10 |
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Better than living in Nameless, TN! http://www.wsmv.com/news/28035545/detail.html
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I wonder which came first.


11:27 AM Jul 11