where would you be?

[Poor Private]

The 3 things I would like to see, or even talk to, or be at again.
1- Audie Murphy, one of my heros growing up ,and I still don't miss any of his movies when they ome on tv-- This includes "Red Badge of Courage".
2-Meeting My WIFE-- The bigest thing to happen in my life!!
3-A personal tour of Monticello by T. Jefferson himself.

 

[Allie]

I'd like to have seen Elvis early on too when he was touring with the likes of the Carter family.

As to Jimi, I just have to say he didn't sing America; he played the Star Spangled Banner. I did get to see him but not at Woodstock (had an invite but elected not to go as I'd already been to the Atlanta Pop Festival - where BTW I saw the debut of the Allman Brothers). Wow man ... flashbacks ya know ?

Geez, I'm sick with a fever today and soooo out of it, you're right of course.

 

[Mike Serpa]

Been there many times, that thing is huge. You cant appreciate until you have seen it. When beeing built it was used for a time capsule. Many local items were placed in side the horse, Fred Meijer himself places stuff in it. Whats going on there right now is hatching of the butterflies in their green house( the size of a large hotel). An enjoyable day can be had there by people of all ages.

Thanks for you input about the time capsule and butterfly info.
Here's why Leonardo's horse never got made-

Ludovico 'Il Moro' ("The Moor") Sforza was an unlikely patron of the arts. He was the fourth son of the mercenary Francesco Sforza who had taken control of Milan in 1450 in the wake of famines and riots, and who was described as a general bad-*** in Machiavelli's "The Prince". Upon taking the throne in 1481 Ludovico and his beautiful young wife Beatrice d'Este ruled over a period of extraordinary artistic and cultural growth in Milan, against a looming threat of bloody violence.

In 1482 Leonardo Da Vinci, by then already an accomplished engineer and artist, approached Ludovico seeking patronage. The Sforza family fortunes (and the taxes of the people of Milan) went on to pay for many of Da Vinci's most famous works. Right from the beginning, he began work on the equestrian statue. In 1493 he presented a 24' clay model on the occasion of Ludovico's daughter's wedding, from which a bronze horse could be made.

The clay model stood in place until the territorial politics turned bloody. Seeking an ally against Venice, Ludovico allowed French invaders to pass though on their way down to Naples. When the French troops turned on him, he was forced to use the 80 tons of bronze that had been set aside for the horse to make weapons for the Battle of Fornovo, the first of many battles in the Italian Wars which enveloped Northern Italy. Then in 1499 invading French archers used the huge horse for target practice, reducing the fragile model to ruins, and marking the end of the artistic boom times.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/leonardo-s-horse-il-cavallo-dello-sforza

 

[JerseyBart]

1. Viewing the battles of Lexington, Concord and the retreat
2. The first organized Mummers Parade in 1901
3. Overland Campaign

 

[MRB1863]

Would be priceless to be present at one of the GAR reunions at Gettysburg. Imagine the conversations that took place reminiscing the Battle of Gettysburg between those who fought one another.

 

[nitrofd]

The 50th reunion at Gettysburg would really be ahoot.

 

[MRB1863]

Without doubt, their stories would be fascinating!
Albert Henry Woolson (February 11, 1847(?) – August 2, 1956) was the last surviving Civil War veteran on either side whose status is undisputed. At least three men who followed him in death claimed to be Confederate veterans, but their status as Civil War veterans has been debunked. The last surviving Union soldier to see combat was James Hard (1843–1953)

Albert's father, Willard Woolson, was enlisted in the Union Army. Willard was wounded at the Shiloh and was transported to an Army hospital in Minnesota, where he eventually died of his wounds. Albert and his mother moved to Windom, Minnesota to accompany Willard. Albert enlisted as a drummer boy in Company C, 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery Regiment on October 10, 1864, becoming the company's drummer. The company never saw action, and Albert Woolson was discharged on September 7, 1865.
Woolson returned to Minnesota, where he lived the rest of his life. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) and became senior vice commander in chief in 1953.
In his final days, he lived at 215 East Fifth Street in Duluth, Minnesota. Woolson died on August 2, 1956, at what was thought to be the age of 109, of a "recurring lung congestion condition". He was buried with full military honors by the National Guard at Park Hill Cemetery.

A statue stands in Woolson's honor in Gettysburg.

 

[Cornpone and Molasses]

I think a specific interesting moment in time to go back to would be when Stuart arrived at Gettysburg and met with Lee. Would like to witness that conversation.

I would too. I would imagine that it would be a very interesting, and most likely a one way conversation...