Some New News About an Old War-- the CivilWar.
1. FORT JEFFERSON-- The national Park Service has begun a six year much-needed renovation of the six-sided Fort Jefferson at Dry Tortugas, Florida, about 68 miles west of Key West and only accessible by plane or boat.
The fort was never completely finished and never fired a shot in anger and is called the "Gibraltar of the Gulf of Mexico."
During the Civil War, it served as a Union prison, one of the best-known prisoners was Dr. Samuel Mudd who treated John Wilkes Booth's foot after Lincoln's assassination.
2. DAVIS OFF-- The March 9th Montgomery (Al) Advertiser reports that Jefferson Davis' name was removed from an intersection in Selma and replaced with the name J.L. Chestnut, Jr, a black lawyer who died at age 77 last year. He had led an attempt to have Davis' name replaced for many years.
For the last 30 years, Davis' name has been on the same pole as that of Martin Luther King, Jr, a unique situation that has led to the signs being stolen many times.
Others will continue the fight to have the names of former Confederates (referred to as terrorists by certain folks) removed and replaced with those of Civil Rights activists. Terrorists? Oh, well.
3. THE LINCOLN PENNY-- I read that the new Lincoln penny is out, though I haven't seen any yet. One more thing that I'll "HAVE" to collect I suppose.
Now, You Know. "Terrorists?" --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
