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11-25-2012, 02:12 PM
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I suppose his odds of surviving would have been minimal given he was an adult male. Roger, what prizes do we have left in our treasure chest? Smile

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11-25-2012, 02:34 PM
Post: #422
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Yes, Bill, we have a free dinner for Linda at the Wok and Roll Restaurant. Jim Page won the other one on Friday. The free dinners there are now gone.
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11-25-2012, 02:45 PM
Post: #423
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(11-25-2012 02:34 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Yes, Bill, we have a free dinner for Linda at the Wok and Roll Restaurant. Jim Page won the other one on Friday. The free dinners there are now gone.

That's great, Roger! I hope the free dinner will still be available in March.
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11-25-2012, 02:52 PM
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Thanks Roger! Linda you're so lucky! Smile

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11-29-2012, 05:39 AM
Post: #425
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When Lincoln ran for the House of Representatives a group of Whigs collected $200 for his campaign fund.

How much of the $200 did Lincoln spend? How much was returned to his supporters?
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11-29-2012, 08:27 AM
Post: #426
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All but seventy-five cents was returned! He spent $199.25, if my math is correct.

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11-29-2012, 08:45 AM
Post: #427
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Kudos, Bill. He returned $199.25 to his Whig supporters.

You win one barrel of cider!
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11-29-2012, 08:59 AM
Post: #428
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Would that be hard cider? Smile

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11-29-2012, 12:04 PM
Post: #429
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I am sorry, Bill. Apple cider.
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12-01-2012, 12:25 PM
Post: #430
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From the current issue of Civil War Times:

"Civil War brews not only adjusted attitudes, but also helped fund the war through a dollar-a-keg excise tax. A levy on beer, spirits, tobacco, and other items-as well as the nation's first federal income tax-were created by President Lincoln and Congress to finance the war."

In the same article it mentions that one can purchase a beer called "Antietam Ale" on tap at Brewer's Alley in Frederick, Md. It is supposed to taste like what soldiers would have had 150 years ago. A brew called "Proclamation Porter" is scheduled to be released in January.

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12-01-2012, 01:11 PM
Post: #431
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For those of you coming to the Surratt conference in March, Frederick is a little over an hour's drive north of Clinton....

It's a great town, home to a wonderful museum - National Museum of Civil War Medicine - and also close to the Monocacy Battlefield, Antietam, and Gettysburg. You can stock up on history while swigging ale.
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12-02-2012, 02:10 PM
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This historian and author won a Pulitzer Prize. The photo shows him speaking in 1983. Who is he?

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12-02-2012, 02:54 PM (This post was last modified: 12-02-2012 02:55 PM by BettyO.)
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OMG - a young Harold Holzer? With Ed Steers in the background? And looks like they are at the McNair Officer's Club.....

"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley
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12-02-2012, 03:08 PM
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Good eyes, Betty! I believe that is Dr. Steers!

However, the speaker is not Harold Holzer.
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12-02-2012, 03:16 PM
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Dr. James McPherson?

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