Running the Blockade-- Some new news about an old war.
1. NO RESPECT-- Ewe Jus Cain't Spel-- There was recently a road sign put up by the Georgia Department of Transportation that read:
CSA ARMY OF
TENNESSE HIHGWAY
A GDOT spokesman says there was no excuse for the word Tennessee and even worse, the department used to be called the Department of Highways.
The sign will be quickly replaced with a kerrect won.
2. BIG FLAG-- The Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is dedicating a huge 30 by 50 foot Confederate flag on a 120 foot flagpole off I-75 near Tifton, Georgia. It is part of their "Flags Across Georgia" project.
Reckon that will stir up some hornets in somebody's bonnet.
3. BIG SUCCESS-- Andrew Duppstadt in his August 18th Civil War Navy, the History Profession, and Other Historical Musings blog reported that his Carolina Living History Guild's Saturday on board the battleship USS North Carolina in Wilmington was a big success. They had a big turnout of the guild with 14 members and close to 1,600 visitors that day, August 14th on the Second Saturday effort of the North Carolina Historical Sites department.
I wrote about this August 11th, August 13th and September 1st.
Not all 1600 visitors were there for the exhibit on the USS North Carolina ship-of-the-line or CSS North Carolina, but they all had to walk past them.
Mr. Duppstadt including several great photos. Check it out.
Now, You Know. --B-R'er
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