tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post6017785962658574352..comments2024-03-28T03:31:23.570-04:00Comments on I Think; Therefore, I Yam: A Fun Approach to HistorySusan Flett Swiderskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-38657560498974688632014-08-28T16:59:00.922-04:002014-08-28T16:59:00.922-04:00There are soooooo many wonderful historical places...There are soooooo many wonderful historical places to visit in Virginia. Love it! Although I must say, when we drove up to Maryland a few weeks ago, it felt like we were in your state forever!!! (Okay, so it was only about five hours.) I thought about you, and wondered how far away you were from where we were.<br /><br />12:34, kiddoSusan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-15424096146362221182014-08-28T16:50:26.954-04:002014-08-28T16:50:26.954-04:00HA! Good point...
HA! Good point...<br />Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-61495213664964491312014-08-28T13:28:32.605-04:002014-08-28T13:28:32.605-04:00hahahhaha better watch those terms you throw aroun...hahahhaha better watch those terms you throw around on the internet. Your search engine hits could go wild, hahahahamail4roseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17850985344834209198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-11622587250960611452014-08-27T23:24:47.024-04:002014-08-27T23:24:47.024-04:00*here abouts [not hear] some of us sutherners can ...*here abouts [not hear] some of us sutherners can spellz.SkippyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479661523059481730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-80262255795870492492014-08-27T23:23:23.040-04:002014-08-27T23:23:23.040-04:00We are in the center of a lot of this history. We ...We are in the center of a lot of this history. We even have homes that soldiers appropriated during the war for billetting and hospitals. One home, which is now a B & B, is about a 20 minute walk from our house and it was the headquarters for R.E. Lee when they were fighting the battles hear about.<br /><br />We have had several re enactments here, but we have been otherwise occupied during them - the most stunning is the Battle of Chancellorsville - it encompasses miles and miles - and so many men died during the war. It is protected land and just goes on and on - to this day they still find relics of the war in the woods that have always grown there.<br /><br />We are also fortunate to live 8 miles from Montpelier, home of James Madison - one of the founders of our country and the reason our little town exists. They constantly do things around holidays to show what life was like back then, plus they are excavating the grounds now and unearthing so many valuable clues to plantation life, slavery, etc.<br /><br />If I didn't hate the politics and arbitrariness of the laws in the Commonwealth I would say it was a pretty cool place to live. :D<br /><br />Although I will say - this far south in the state? The need to realize the south DID LOSE the war. Yimminy Christmas it's ridiculous. I get southern pride, but the times changed - catch up already.<br /><br />Love ya' sis. Always 12:34SkippyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479661523059481730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-57596955803605867472014-08-27T18:37:26.625-04:002014-08-27T18:37:26.625-04:00Welcome, fellow history nerd. I think it's fas...Welcome, fellow history nerd. I think it's fascinating to experience history through these living history set-ups and re-enactments, too. Smarticus and I started going to this sort of thing before we got married, and we haven't grown tired of them, yet. (Or of each other!)Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-67928243029181747902014-08-27T14:21:28.710-04:002014-08-27T14:21:28.710-04:00Great history! When I lived in New Hampshire, I wo...Great history! When I lived in New Hampshire, I would visit the re-enactment of the final encampment of the NH 5th Regiment in Manchester, Vermont every year. The history is fascinating. JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14692103477055483000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-3867619920585235632014-08-27T12:41:40.099-04:002014-08-27T12:41:40.099-04:00Me, too. Yeah, all I'd need to do is take one ...Me, too. Yeah, all I'd need to do is take one look at some of those instruments, and I'd suddenly feel all better... (Really, doc! I'm fiiiiiine... you don't need to do a thing...)Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-89408397228091259012014-08-27T11:44:34.701-04:002014-08-27T11:44:34.701-04:00Oh man...you know this post makes me grateful I li...Oh man...you know this post makes me grateful I live in the day and age that I do. Can you imagine having the doctor stop in with such medieval implements to "heal" you? *gulp* Crystal Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912469552483168148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-89892978538307205042014-08-26T16:01:02.331-04:002014-08-26T16:01:02.331-04:00Yep, surgey required a certain amount of inebriati...Yep, surgey required a certain amount of inebriation in those days. (Hopefully, only of the patients, not the doctors...)<br /><br />Cheers!Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-15734229415791503282014-08-26T15:39:24.941-04:002014-08-26T15:39:24.941-04:00those surgical instruments look QUITE scary. i gu...those surgical instruments look QUITE scary. i guess in order to perform those the wounded had to get purrrrrrrrrrrrty liquored up. i bet they had barrels of the stuff. great-looking stuff in the typical soldiers possessions. great story. cheers!!bobbybegood1https://www.blogger.com/profile/01471708916636552589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-46225343178366008802014-08-25T21:30:53.681-04:002014-08-25T21:30:53.681-04:00The fans and hair combs were all lovely, and some ...The fans and hair combs were all lovely, and some were quite intricate.<br /><br />I wouldn't want to have any postmortem photos, either, but evidently, they were quite common back then.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-55374676194048352472014-08-25T21:22:10.001-04:002014-08-25T21:22:10.001-04:00Oh.cool, so you saw some of the same things we did...Oh.cool, so you saw some of the same things we did.<br /><br />Me, too! When I was young, most of us wore girdles, whether we "needed" them or not. That was bad enough; I sure don't want any parts of a corset. (It's much more comfy being a "loose woman"...)Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-88592210254108679402014-08-25T21:19:06.195-04:002014-08-25T21:19:06.195-04:00Interesting pictures. I like the fans and tents. I...Interesting pictures. I like the fans and tents. It's fascinating seeing how people lived them, although I can live without postmortem photos. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-38045598971889583462014-08-25T17:08:20.406-04:002014-08-25T17:08:20.406-04:00We went to a Civil War re-enactment over the weeke...We went to a Civil War re-enactment over the weekend. My youngest thought it was cool and only 'a little scary.' Barbaric is the word that came to mind for me, but that's the word I always think of with war. ;) I do like to visit the history, and I enjoyed your post.<br /><br />Three cheers now for no corsets in today's day and age, woot! :)mail4roseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17850985344834209198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-9648816968328052502014-08-25T16:43:43.356-04:002014-08-25T16:43:43.356-04:00How cool. Now, THAT musta been some special Christ...How cool. Now, THAT musta been some special Christmas card!Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-25189866026089019382014-08-25T16:38:23.743-04:002014-08-25T16:38:23.743-04:00Oh, wow! I'll bet Barrington Hall was gorgeous...Oh, wow! I'll bet Barrington Hall was gorgeous when it was decorated for a Victorian Christmas!<br /><br />Yeah, they are using leeches again, but only for limited cases, and the leeches are supposedly "clean." (I don't care HOW well they wash their little hands; I ain't interested...) HA! Me, too.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-77656093327821553452014-08-25T16:24:10.035-04:002014-08-25T16:24:10.035-04:00Oh, no, General Hooker definitely had a stable of ...Oh, no, General Hooker definitely had a stable of what was commonly called "Hooker's Girls," but the term "hooker" predated the Civil War. Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-73106048100640609712014-08-25T16:07:57.440-04:002014-08-25T16:07:57.440-04:00Nope, nothing glorious about those old medical ins...Nope, nothing glorious about those old medical instruments.<br /><br />I would expect you to have all kinds of historical re-enactments there in the UK. The U.S. is still an adolescent compared to Europe.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-72786790465443642422014-08-25T15:55:39.917-04:002014-08-25T15:55:39.917-04:00Lots of things about the "good old days"...Lots of things about the "good old days" weren't all that good.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-20504981997838478272014-08-25T15:39:30.460-04:002014-08-25T15:39:30.460-04:00Great pics, Susan! Finally a Georgia location I re...Great pics, Susan! Finally a Georgia location I recognize on sight, but I used to live in Roswell (loved that town). Reenactments are such a fun way to learn about historical events. My only visits to Barrington Hall have been for a Victorian Christmas—a whole different kind of reenactment. :)<br /><br />I understand doctors are using leaches again in medicine. They start using those surgical implements, and I'm canceling my health insurance.<br /><br /><a href="http://vrbarkowski.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">VR Barkowski</a>VR Barkowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927993233682731113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-37254826748682238742014-08-25T08:03:21.560-04:002014-08-25T08:03:21.560-04:00I have always taken delight in re-enactments. Well...I have always taken delight in re-enactments. Well, shoot, you mean Col. Hooker didn't have a stable of hookers, after all?Manzanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06467261212623663365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-18873675930216258762014-08-25T05:41:08.668-04:002014-08-25T05:41:08.668-04:00It is good to re-enact scenes from history as long...It is good to re-enact scenes from history as long as they are not glorified. I had to flick past those medical bits. They're certainly not glorified!<br /><br />Here in the UK we are having a year filled with memories from the First World War and last weekend it was the re-enactment of the Battle of Bosworth and the death of Richard III. Rosalind Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363027308436257933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-28230039578348352652014-08-25T01:47:48.681-04:002014-08-25T01:47:48.681-04:00No we didn't even try... but the Secret Servic...No we didn't even try... but the Secret Service agent was so darling and very correct.<br />We did met Socks the cat and did take photos in the Oval Office. It was our Christmas Card that year.<br />Such a highlight. We got the special treatment and did not have to wait in any lines. We just showed up and the Secret Service walked us in. WooHoo !angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-44639401324998430512014-08-24T18:51:20.048-04:002014-08-24T18:51:20.048-04:00It all looks terrifying, thank God for all the mod...It all looks terrifying, thank God for all the modern techniques now. 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