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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNewly discovered rare photo of George Washington crossing
the Savannah River headed to Fort Sumter in South Carolina after the burning of Atlanta to meet up with General George Patton to free the slaves prior to attending the Spoleto Festival in Charleston.
Wounded Bear
(58,721 posts)JenniferJuniper
(4,515 posts)great find
PJMcK
(22,052 posts)SchrodingersCatbox
(89 posts)But the world was b&w, like Kansas in the wizard of oz
central scrutinizer
(11,662 posts)[link:|
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,621 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,199 posts)progressoid
(49,999 posts)GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)Sancho
(9,070 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)American flag pin.
That is just upside-downright unpatriotic.
nevergiveup
(4,764 posts)I am sure Fox News is scrambling to find it.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)But maybe I'm too cynical.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)Multiple times in freezing Christmastime weather. Washington's Crossing, PA. About half a mile north of where I-95 crosses the Delaware River.
I don't know why Washington didn't just take the interstate.
onethatcares
(16,188 posts)the Christie administration had the lanes blocked.
deurbano
(2,896 posts)I drove down to Titusville (or something like that), NJ, so my daughter and I could spend Christmas with a friend from CA who was going to graduate school in NJ... and she took us to the reenactment. She also took us to Valley Forge, and it seemed like a (too!) good time of year to get a feel for the "winter at Vally Forge" experience.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)I have relatives in the area. Washington's Crossing is the little town across the river, which you can see in the background of this photo.
louis-t
(23,297 posts)crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)brooklynite
(94,745 posts)crazylikafox
(2,762 posts)Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)I think Dred Scott helped with the Bill of Rights part.
(I don't know whether to laugh or cry over Dumbf's ignorant remarks)
PJMcK
(22,052 posts)That was Fredrick Douglass.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)When does DT get his neurological tests?
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Kaleva
(36,354 posts)Even in cold weather, his manhood is evident.
underpants
(182,904 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)rzemanfl
(29,570 posts)Historic NY
(37,453 posts)aikoaiko
(34,184 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,595 posts)Wonderful old houses, great seafood, wide beaches (with warm water courtesy of the Gulf Stream), and Southern hospitality.
Makes me wonder why I left for SoCal.
klook
(12,170 posts)This episode is recounted in "12 Years in a Gulag" by Frederick Douglass--the story of his enslavement by the Roosevelt family and his subsequent emancipation by Ronald Reagan's famous Berlin Wall Proclamation.
LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)liberal N proud
(60,346 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)MrPurple
(985 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,234 posts)Must be Leif Ericson.
rzemanfl
(29,570 posts)British.
boston bean
(36,223 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,819 posts)Think of the alternatives.
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)Not working to well.
To bad he missed history and civics in school.
We had one year of civics and years of history in school.
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)Throck
(2,520 posts)Everyone knows Washington would of had an Evinrude.
UncleTomsEvilBrother
(945 posts)I half read the caption, and when I clicked on this, I was expecting a news story.
I just let out the loudest "whoop!" of laughter in my office. THIS. IS. HILARIOUS!!!!!!
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,405 posts)Last edited Tue May 2, 2017, 08:52 AM - Edit history (1)
There is a plaque on a house in Charleston indicating George Washington stayed there. I'll have to look through my photos of past visits to Spoleto and see if I can find it.
Here is my husband in front of the Heyward/Washington house in Charleston in 2012.
http://www.charlestonmuseum.org/historic-houses/heyward-washington-house/