Garrison, I love you but you're wrong. This country has never been so close to civil war again and needs its reminders of that terrible time. If it takes a few acres to do that, so be it. If it goes the way you describe, 'Bill' will soon be farming crickets on former Federal land and lockstep media will be force-feeding us beliefs that it's beneficial to eat them.
Speaking of wrong. We have indeed been closer to civil war many times. Adding Professor to your title gives you less credibility than you presume and only reveals your inner workings, not reality or any history, future or past.
Do I REALLY need to point out THE Civil War in America from 1861 to 1865? You state that "we have never been closer" to a civil war, but we were closer in those years of 1861 to 1865. Your attempt to change the rules, move the goalpost, play tennis without the net by asking for current relevance disqualifies you from this discussion. Not to mention your terrible grammar. You're obviously as much a professor as the actor Russell Johnson.
Well, I enjoyed it. Although I’m beginning to freak out about AI-generated voices. I think this was really you reading. It’s getting harder and harder to be sure. Keep on keeping on so I can see you in August.
Gettysburg preserves the "the high-water mark of the wretched Confederacy"? I think not. High water mark of the Union, yes. Sent R.E. Lee hightailing and made Motown Museum and Gift Shop possible, among so many other wonderful things.
The battle of Gettysburg was the first significant victory over the rebels for the Union. It was the turning point of the Civil War, and the beginning of the end of the Confederacy. I believe that devoting 6,000 acres in rural Pennsylvania to the memory of that battle is justified.
If my recollection is correct, the first open heart surgery occurred during a WW II battlefield emergency. A young medical doctor attending to wounded soldiers encountered one who had a wound in his opened chest cavity. Prior to WW II, doctors did not venture into the sack of flesh that holds the human heart. It was an agreed upon no-go area for pre-WW II surgeons. But this particular wounded soldier had his heart exposed with a piece of bomb fragment shrapnel protruding from a beating heart. No one knew how to approach the unfortunate man. The young doctor who would later become a famous heart surgeon at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, MA decided to remove the piece of shrapnel. He prepared his surgical tools and knew that as soon as he removed the piece of metal, unless he quickly sewed the wound closed, the young soldier would bleed out and die. The young doctor pulled out the piece of metal and rapidly sewed the wound closed as blood pumped from the open hole. The doc saved the soldier’s life and moved on the care for the next wounded soldier. Later, he recalled mistakenly sewing his gloved finger into the area near the heart wound. When the young doc returned to the States, apparently he submitted the story of his cardiac adventure in a wartime field hospital to a medical journal. The event was nationally recognized as the first surgery on an live opened chest beating heart. The doctor went on to explore open heart surgery for children suffering from rheumatic fever. the disease caused a heart valve to malfunction and result in many children’s deaths. The doctor successfully operated upon the valves of dying children and eventually helped to create a surgery procedure that would save many children from deaths caused by heart valve complications resulting from rheumatic fever.
Dear Mr K Your insights are so on target... Most of us wish more folks thought like you & we do. Keep shaking the bushes & making pithy observations. As a literate 85'er I'd like to sign up but my $65 goes to a pulp subscription to the Sunday NYT... With your bon mots coming in over the transom that keeps me going all week ... "why not take that land and create a park devoted to the music of Black people who made the world dance and gave it soul? "
That young MD is truly a hero. I suppose J.P. Dwyer has simply got something wrong - otherwise, I hope that young soldier did all right despite the glove and finger inside his chest, and the doctor without a finger. Seriously, G.K., my sentiments very close if not exactly. Keep rocking. My best, Allen
Gettysburg marked the turning point leading to defeat of rhe Confederacy, and restoration of the Union. Lincoln spoke, with respect and dignity, for the pivotal battle result so crucial. You did not today.
Re Gettysburg and the wretched Confederacy- the past is never dead, it is not even past(Faulkner). And in re museums, Mississippi John Hurt’s house, a museum, was recently destroyed by arsonists. Wretched indeed, and undead.
I grew up near Gettysburg, have been there often, and always find the battlefield to be evocative, moving, and informative.
Cheerful greetings to all. I'd just like to note here that the (soon to be expanded) Motown Museum is wonderful. To visit the place where Berry Gordy, Jr. and his colleagues created "The Sound of Young America" is a moving experience. The docents are first-rate and have a fascinating story to tell. Museums of all sorts have gift shops. Maybe, when time and opportunity permit, Garrison, give the people staffing the Motown Museum their due. As Martha and the Vandellas note, "Can't forget the Motor City!"
The Motown Museum is far more than a gift shop! It is definitely worth seeing if you ever were a fan of Motown music of the ‘60s, and there is fun built into the tour.
I agree that Gettysburg is a worthy historical site. One can be enormously moved by contemplating what happened there and what it meant. I went there at twelve with my family in 1963 (the centennial) a couple of weeks before JFK was assassinated. I took a snapshot of the same huge rocks where a rebel soldier was killed, and recorded by Matthew Brady (I think) as "Death of a Rebel Sharpshooter" - I had seen Brady's photo and recognized the rocks.
Many thanks to GK, who concludes brilliantly and movingly. Since yesterday "Down to the River to Pray" has been my ear worm, the most beautiful I think I've ever experienced. (As sung by Emmy Lou Harris.)
This seems familiar. Perhaps a repeat or a mistaken link?
Garrison, I love you but you're wrong. This country has never been so close to civil war again and needs its reminders of that terrible time. If it takes a few acres to do that, so be it. If it goes the way you describe, 'Bill' will soon be farming crickets on former Federal land and lockstep media will be force-feeding us beliefs that it's beneficial to eat them.
Speaking of wrong. We have indeed been closer to civil war many times. Adding Professor to your title gives you less credibility than you presume and only reveals your inner workings, not reality or any history, future or past.
examples of the times and how they are relevant to today?
Do I REALLY need to point out THE Civil War in America from 1861 to 1865? You state that "we have never been closer" to a civil war, but we were closer in those years of 1861 to 1865. Your attempt to change the rules, move the goalpost, play tennis without the net by asking for current relevance disqualifies you from this discussion. Not to mention your terrible grammar. You're obviously as much a professor as the actor Russell Johnson.
Well, I enjoyed it. Although I’m beginning to freak out about AI-generated voices. I think this was really you reading. It’s getting harder and harder to be sure. Keep on keeping on so I can see you in August.
Gettysburg preserves the "the high-water mark of the wretched Confederacy"? I think not. High water mark of the Union, yes. Sent R.E. Lee hightailing and made Motown Museum and Gift Shop possible, among so many other wonderful things.
The battle of Gettysburg was the first significant victory over the rebels for the Union. It was the turning point of the Civil War, and the beginning of the end of the Confederacy. I believe that devoting 6,000 acres in rural Pennsylvania to the memory of that battle is justified.
If my recollection is correct, the first open heart surgery occurred during a WW II battlefield emergency. A young medical doctor attending to wounded soldiers encountered one who had a wound in his opened chest cavity. Prior to WW II, doctors did not venture into the sack of flesh that holds the human heart. It was an agreed upon no-go area for pre-WW II surgeons. But this particular wounded soldier had his heart exposed with a piece of bomb fragment shrapnel protruding from a beating heart. No one knew how to approach the unfortunate man. The young doctor who would later become a famous heart surgeon at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, MA decided to remove the piece of shrapnel. He prepared his surgical tools and knew that as soon as he removed the piece of metal, unless he quickly sewed the wound closed, the young soldier would bleed out and die. The young doctor pulled out the piece of metal and rapidly sewed the wound closed as blood pumped from the open hole. The doc saved the soldier’s life and moved on the care for the next wounded soldier. Later, he recalled mistakenly sewing his gloved finger into the area near the heart wound. When the young doc returned to the States, apparently he submitted the story of his cardiac adventure in a wartime field hospital to a medical journal. The event was nationally recognized as the first surgery on an live opened chest beating heart. The doctor went on to explore open heart surgery for children suffering from rheumatic fever. the disease caused a heart valve to malfunction and result in many children’s deaths. The doctor successfully operated upon the valves of dying children and eventually helped to create a surgery procedure that would save many children from deaths caused by heart valve complications resulting from rheumatic fever.
Dear Mr K Your insights are so on target... Most of us wish more folks thought like you & we do. Keep shaking the bushes & making pithy observations. As a literate 85'er I'd like to sign up but my $65 goes to a pulp subscription to the Sunday NYT... With your bon mots coming in over the transom that keeps me going all week ... "why not take that land and create a park devoted to the music of Black people who made the world dance and gave it soul? "
Oh, Gary, cain’t you see
Dissin’ planter aristocracy
And the sainted R.E. Lee
Of the wretched Confederacy
Will bow red necks of MAGA folk
And their leader The Orange Joke
Will wave his bible at the crowd
Declare his immunity out loud
A new secession shall invoke
Frozen embroyos with broken yolks.
Roger Krenkler - L.A.
That young MD is truly a hero. I suppose J.P. Dwyer has simply got something wrong - otherwise, I hope that young soldier did all right despite the glove and finger inside his chest, and the doctor without a finger. Seriously, G.K., my sentiments very close if not exactly. Keep rocking. My best, Allen
Gettysburg marked the turning point leading to defeat of rhe Confederacy, and restoration of the Union. Lincoln spoke, with respect and dignity, for the pivotal battle result so crucial. You did not today.
Gettysburg now is a sacred site. lb
Re Gettysburg and the wretched Confederacy- the past is never dead, it is not even past(Faulkner). And in re museums, Mississippi John Hurt’s house, a museum, was recently destroyed by arsonists. Wretched indeed, and undead.
I grew up near Gettysburg, have been there often, and always find the battlefield to be evocative, moving, and informative.
Cheerful greetings to all. I'd just like to note here that the (soon to be expanded) Motown Museum is wonderful. To visit the place where Berry Gordy, Jr. and his colleagues created "The Sound of Young America" is a moving experience. The docents are first-rate and have a fascinating story to tell. Museums of all sorts have gift shops. Maybe, when time and opportunity permit, Garrison, give the people staffing the Motown Museum their due. As Martha and the Vandellas note, "Can't forget the Motor City!"
Motown museum is more than a gift shop. Original recording studio is there and the guides can all sing. And they will let you join in!
The Motown Museum is far more than a gift shop! It is definitely worth seeing if you ever were a fan of Motown music of the ‘60s, and there is fun built into the tour.
I agree that Gettysburg is a worthy historical site. One can be enormously moved by contemplating what happened there and what it meant. I went there at twelve with my family in 1963 (the centennial) a couple of weeks before JFK was assassinated. I took a snapshot of the same huge rocks where a rebel soldier was killed, and recorded by Matthew Brady (I think) as "Death of a Rebel Sharpshooter" - I had seen Brady's photo and recognized the rocks.
Many thanks to GK, who concludes brilliantly and movingly. Since yesterday "Down to the River to Pray" has been my ear worm, the most beautiful I think I've ever experienced. (As sung by Emmy Lou Harris.)
And if I ever get to Detroit, the Motown Museum will be my first stop!!
I could have written this myself! Except not nearly as well.
Aww, thanks, Mary Ann - I do appreciate the compliment.