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RJNorton · (This post was last modified: 07-18-2012 03:35 AM by RJNorton.)

Members are certainly welcome and encouraged to discuss the assassination here, but there is a forum devoted more exclusively to this topic at http://boothiebarn.wordpress.com/. A Little Touch of History at http://awesometalks.wordpress.com/ also has a lot of Lincoln assassination related material and discussion.

BettyO · 07-04-2012, 12:50 PM

Happy Fourth of July -
Lest' we Forget --

Remember that although the Fourth of July is celebrated as our Country's Birthday -
it once took "two nations" to make us ONE Nation - Undivided!

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Happy Fourth, everyone!

LincolnMan · 07-17-2012, 12:21 PM

Thanks Roger for the links the assassination forums-worth a peek!

Lindsey · 07-18-2012, 08:17 AM

Don't the Confederates celebrate their own version of "Independence Day" Betty? What is the date?

BettyO · 07-18-2012, 08:36 AM

(07-18-2012 08:17 AM)Lindsey Wrote: Don't the Confederates celebrate their own version of "Independence Day" Betty? What is the date?

They celebrated Confederate Memorial Day -- the VERY same date as the original Memorial Day..... April used to be Confederate History Month. It is still considered such, but not publicized....so much for being PC

Gene C · 07-18-2012, 08:52 AM

Speaking of politically correct, don't state employees in VA still get the day off for Robert E Lee's birthday?l

BettyO · 07-18-2012, 09:40 AM

(07-18-2012 08:52 AM)Gene C Wrote: Speaking of politically correct, don't state employees in VA still get the day off for Robert E Lee's birthday?l

No - not at all...

It is now MLK Day like every where else

Lindsey · 07-18-2012, 12:32 PM

At least you're not Chris Rock who tweeted (I will NEVER start Twitter--my life isn't interesting enough!) that Independence Day meant nothing to the blacks but sure the whites had a grand ole time. Geez....

Gene C · 07-18-2012, 12:41 PM

Didn't mean to start anything. When I moved to Richmond from New Hampshire (24 years ago) there were some old timers in the office that would always celebrate the holiday in January as Robert E Lee day. (We only stayed in Richmond 3 years but I liked it)

BettyO · 07-18-2012, 01:08 PM

(07-18-2012 12:41 PM)Gene C Wrote: Didn't mean to start anything. When I moved to Richmond from New Hampshire (24 years ago) there were some old timers in the office that would always celebrate the holiday in January as Robert E Lee day. (We only stayed in Richmond 3 years but I liked it)

So you lived in Richmond, Gene? It is vastly different now. I don't even like it anymore and I was born and raised here! HA! History is pretty much too "swept under the rug" for my tastes - it's now all about jazz festivals, plays, food festivals, etc. Trying too hard to expound on what it doesn't have while attempting to ignore what it DOES have. I live out in the country and stay away for the most part!

LincolnMan · (This post was last modified: 07-19-2012 11:14 AM by LincolnMan.)

While I don't appreciate the comment by Chris Rock (I didn't know he had said that), it does remind me of the comments made by Frederick Douglass about the day in a speech. See, for instance: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2927.html

Yet, one would think that Mr. Rock, like all Americans, perhaps, would be thankful for the freedom enjoyed and made ultimately possible for all of those living here today...