Extra Credit Questions
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08-13-2016, 08:17 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-13-2016 08:18 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
An outstanding idea, Roger, but the rose doesn't grow in Florida either.
Hint #2: It is believed to have witnessed other very well-known people of the "Lincoln saga". Hint #3: Again, try to think about the state, and the setting/venue. |
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08-13-2016, 09:36 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Illinois ?
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in? |
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08-13-2016, 09:42 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Good guess, Gene, but not Illinois either.
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08-13-2016, 09:52 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
When Mary was a young girl she rode her pony out to Henry Clay's mansion, Ashland. So is the rose in Kentucky at Ashland? (or along the road to Ashland?)
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08-13-2016, 11:28 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
A good idea, Roger, but the rose isn't in KY either.
Hint #4: Mary may have seen it in 1861, but the mainly witnessed "subjects" are other VIPs of the saga.are Hint #5: Again - can someone name some (non-geograpghical) places where you would see roses? I promise it will help! |
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08-13-2016, 04:23 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
I am totally lost, Eva.
Does it have anything to do with the death/funeral/burial of Elmer Ellsworth? |
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08-13-2016, 04:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-13-2016 04:30 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Good idea, Roger. While it doesn't have anything to do with E.E. it does grow in the same state he was born and buried.
(And please give #5 another thought...where would you find roses?) |
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08-13-2016, 04:38 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Boston ?
which reminds me of a song (click on "show more" for the lyrics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-we400fkXuw So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in? |
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08-13-2016, 04:59 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Is it something the inaugural train passed when it went through New York in 1861?
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08-13-2016, 05:24 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-13-2016 05:55 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
(08-13-2016 04:38 PM)Gene C Wrote: Boston ?Wow, I didn't know there's a Boston in NY! The rose grows 155 miles or 13 hrs by bike (says Google) farther East. (08-13-2016 04:59 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Is it something the inaugural train passed when it went through New York in 1861?A very good guess, but the train didn't pass the place. Hint #6: The place where the rose grows is nowadays accessible to the paying public, not so back then. Hint #7: Precisely, it grows in a garden. |
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08-13-2016, 06:12 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
The New York City Botanical Gardens has one of the most famous Rose Gardens in the country, but I'm not sure it's old enough to qualify. It was established by one of the Lady Rockefellers, but I think it was after the Civil War - so just a guess on my part.
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08-13-2016, 07:49 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Good guess and info, Laurie, but has never been a botanical garden, just a private pastime one, and the location is the state of NY. Doesn't the combination of NY and garden/horticulture bring someone of the Lincoln saga into your mind?
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08-14-2016, 03:55 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Is it at the Seward House in Auburn, New York?
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08-14-2016, 06:31 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-14-2016 06:32 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Kudos, Roger, that is correct - and thanks to Bill Binzel, who happened to visit Auburn last week, for taking the picture upon my request to inquire about any surviving roses Seward might have planted.
Roger, you win lots of red roses from Hildegard Knef - and may all he wishes come true for you: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z_K_w1Yb5Yk It Shall Rain Red Roses for Me* At sixteen At sixteen I silently said I want I want to be big Want to win Want to be happy Never lie At sixteen At sixteen I silently said I want I want everything Or nothing It shall rain red roses for me All wonders shall encounter me The world shall rearrange itself And keep its worries to itself And later Later, I still said I would like To understand To see a lot To experience To keep And later And later I still said I wouldn’t like To be alone But still be free It shall rain red roses for me All wonders shall encounter me Happiness shall behave in such a way It shall manage my destiny with love And today Today I silently say I was supposed to Conform Make do Oh, I can’t conform I can’t make do I always want to win too I want everything Everything or nothing It shall rain red roses for me... *(In German, the metaphor "rote Rosen regnen" does not evoke an image of roses raining down from the sky but of being showered with roses thrown in reverence, e.g. for an actor on stage.) |
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08-14-2016, 07:53 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Thanks, Eva! I just followed your clues and finally guessed Seward's. I like Hildegard Knef.
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