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Just thought I would let all of you know, I will be off the forum for about 7-10 days, as I am going on a road trip up to Niagra Falls.
Taking the car and intend to take my/our time driving up from Columbus, Ohio, to the Canadian side of the falls. Already have hotel reservations with a view of the falls from our room. Should be pretty nice.
This is our second trip to the falls and we look forward to seeing a bit more of the local sites as well as the falls.
See you all when I get back.
Sincerely,
Unionblue
__________________ "The American people and the Government at Washington may refuse to recognize it for a time but the inexorable logic of events will force it upon them in the end; that the war now being waged in this land is a war for and against slavery." Frederick Douglass
"Loyalty to our ancestors does not include loyalty to their mistakes." George Santayana
Should be some really nice colors to photograph up there this time of year. Have a good time Blue.
Leland
__________________ "What armies and how much of war I have seen, what thousands of marching troops, what fields of slain, what prisons, what hospitals, what ruins, what cities in ashes, what hunger and nakedness, what orphanages, what widowhood, what wrongs and what vengeance."
Have a wonderful trip. We'll try not to burn the place down while you're away.
__________________ "There must be more historians of the Civil War than there were generals figthing in it... Of the two groups, the historians are the more belligerent." David Donald, Lincoln Reconsidered (1961)
Duriing a trip to the Falls a few years ago, my daughter and I wrote down the license plates of the cars in the area that were not from New York or Canada....there were 39 U.S. states represented and 4 foreign countries.
Have a great time!
(And remember to take your passports---if you need the CWT members to come vouch for you to the Canadian government so you can come back across the border, let us know.)
Finally, a yankee going north! Never thought I'd live to see it. Seriously, my hopes for a safe trip. If you get a chance, drive down river on the Canadian side and take a peek at the big turbines mounted on the east wall. Some of my uncle Charles' work a few years back. They take water out of the river at night, send it under the city and work the turbines during the day generating a bunch of electricity. I was there in 1956 and again about 1965. Am I getting old?
__________________ Ancestors in US Army: 13th TN Cav; 10th TN Cav; 3rd NC Inf
Ancestors in CSA Army: 48th VA; 63rd VA, 5th NC Cav; 37th NC
Wife and Grandson's CSA: 15th AL, 51st GA, 41st TN; 36th TN; GA Mil 1197 Dist
We are just now back in the Great State of Ohio and our hometown of Columbus.
What a trip!
Thank you all for your good wishes and for our safe trip. It must have worked, as we are back without a single bruise or scratch.
Good to be back.
Sincerely,
Unionblue
__________________ "The American people and the Government at Washington may refuse to recognize it for a time but the inexorable logic of events will force it upon them in the end; that the war now being waged in this land is a war for and against slavery." Frederick Douglass
"Loyalty to our ancestors does not include loyalty to their mistakes." George Santayana
Welcome back, Blue. Put your feet up and don't worry about the unpacking. I'm sure it will take care of itself.
__________________ "There must be more historians of the Civil War than there were generals figthing in it... Of the two groups, the historians are the more belligerent." David Donald, Lincoln Reconsidered (1961)
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