Extra Credit Questions
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08-26-2018, 03:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-26-2018 03:07 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
(08-25-2018 06:57 PM)L Verge Wrote:No problem, I likely would still have needed more further tires than Steve! Somehow in my brain PA is pretty in the north, even more than Brooklyn, so I was curious to check.(08-25-2018 03:51 PM)Steve Wrote: The Mifflin County Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the town of Lewistown in the great state of Pennsylvania. |
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08-26-2018, 03:49 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-26-2018 03:53 AM by AussieMick.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
(08-26-2018 03:05 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:(08-25-2018 06:57 PM)L Verge Wrote:No problem, I likely would still have needed more further tires than Steve! Somehow in my brain PA is pretty in the north, even more than Brooklyn, so I was curious to check.(08-25-2018 03:51 PM)Steve Wrote: The Mifflin County Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the town of Lewistown in the great state of Pennsylvania. If you do a Google map search 13 East Market Street - Lewistown, Pa and get directions from Brooklyn NY ... it 'looks' like Lewistown is a little south and 226 miles west. |
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08-26-2018, 03:59 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Michael, I think I have seen that face before, and I think it was one of the people Abraham Lincoln knew at New Salem --> James Short?
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08-26-2018, 04:26 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-26-2018 06:46 AM by AussieMick.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Nope, not him. And not New Salem . But, yes, I'm sure you have seen that face before.
As a hint ... his first name is the same as that of one of our grandchildren. Well, its not that bad a hint. Probably cuts out Bowling Green. And Hannibal Hamlin. Hint #2 In a crucial way this person was the opposite of John Wilkes Booth. Hint # 3 (I'm going to bed soon) ... This person's significant action had a parallel with an action by Australia's Ned Kelly. When he was captured, Kelly was wearing something which related to that action. (Not many Australians would know about that 'something' ) |
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08-26-2018, 08:02 AM
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08-26-2018, 11:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-26-2018 12:22 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
(08-26-2018 03:49 AM)AussieMick Wrote:Well, I went the more scientific way and checked latitude and converted the difference into miles which is 2 as for the center of each place. (And I bet it's less than 226 by longitude, but maybe that on the road...)(08-26-2018 03:05 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:(08-25-2018 06:57 PM)L Verge Wrote:No problem, I likely would still have needed more further tires than Steve! Somehow in my brain PA is pretty in the north, even more than Brooklyn, so I was curious to check.(08-25-2018 03:51 PM)Steve Wrote: The Mifflin County Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the town of Lewistown in the great state of Pennsylvania. (08-25-2018 09:51 PM)AussieMick Wrote: Who's this ?Looks like Sigmund Freud... |
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08-26-2018, 12:21 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
"...his first name is the same as that of one of our grandchildren."
Who is "our"? (I assume not yours, or did we learn those names somewhere before?) |
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08-26-2018, 12:31 PM
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08-26-2018, 03:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-26-2018 03:46 PM by AussieMick.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
'grandson' hint : Sorry ... it was attempted humour ... I did mean my wife and myself.
No, not Sigmund Freud. Nor Garrison. Hint # 4 : Lincoln's lack of a formal education was a factor in this person's action. |
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08-26-2018, 05:01 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
(08-26-2018 03:30 PM)AussieMick Wrote: 'grandson' hint : Sorry ... it was attempted humour ... I did mean my wife and myself. You mentioned Ned Kelly previously on this forum, and I looked up his history at that time. I do remember that he was an outlaw and that he wore a suit of armor at his last battle with the cops. As to how this relates to your current question, I have no idea. Is this gentleman British, Aussie, German, American, or some other nationality? |
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08-26-2018, 05:10 PM
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(08-26-2018 03:30 PM)AussieMick Wrote: 'grandson' hint : Sorry ... it was attempted humour ... I did mean my wife and myself.Me thinks you owe us to reveal your grandchildren's first names (not Hannibal nor Bowling, I know...) |
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08-26-2018, 05:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-26-2018 05:57 PM by AussieMick.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
more hints ...
(Seriously) his first name is the same as that of a large city in a large State of US Ned Kelly was wearing (under the armour) something of which he was proud. And those Ulster Irishmen that have one also proudly wear one. The issue here is ... why did Kelly get his? Find that out and you'll have this person. (08-26-2018 05:47 PM)AussieMick Wrote: more hints ... |
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08-26-2018, 06:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-26-2018 06:54 PM by L Verge.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
I want you to know that I am delaying a shower and washing my hair to try and find this answer! I still don't think I have an answer that matches your hints, but...
1. Ned Kelly was wearing a long, fringed sash under his battle coat of armor. The sash had been given to him when he was ten by the parents of a young boy named ***** Shelton in appreciation for Ned having saved young Shelton from possibly drowning. 2. I followed the lead of the name "Shelton" and found a link to Abraham Lincoln. 3. The Evening Star of October 24 (my birth date), 1907 (but not my birth year!) carried an article about a Joseph Gates Shelton who was a member of the DC Police and was assigned to the White House during Lincoln's administration. He supposedly accompanied the Lincolns' carriage to Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865, and then assisted in getting the dying President across the street to the Petersen house. 4. This Shelton is buried in D.C.'s Congressional Cemetery. Am I getting anywhere near the answer you are looking for? Is your grandson named Richard or Joseph? What does Lincoln's lack of a formal education have to do with your man? I'm so confused... |
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08-26-2018, 07:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-26-2018 07:02 PM by AussieMick.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
(08-26-2018 06:53 PM)L Verge Wrote: I want you to know that I am delaying a shower and washing my hair to try and find this answer! I still don't think I have an answer that matches your hints, but... Laurie, You are sooooooooo close. Now having got your point 1 (the sash), remember why (drowning) it was awarded and forget the rest of what you write (Shelton is wrong). |
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08-26-2018, 07:04 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
The photo is of Austin Gollaher, Lincoln's friend who saved 7 year old Lincoln from drowning. In 1866 Ned Kelly at age 10 rescued his 7 year old friend Richard Shelton from drowning and Richard's dad gave Ned a green sash out of gratitude for his bravery. Ned wore the sash under his amour until he died.
Wow, what a challenge to come up with this! |
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