Spent the day at the Eisenhower farm and Gettysburg Battlefield. Learned a lot! Also national cemetery.
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Agrawal
if i win it big at keno in the next few days i will move to gettysburg. i will visit the battlefield everyday. i might even see ghosts. i will never return to michigan unless the spartans win another national title. i will come back to buy lots of michigan state stuff.
Reed
I love every moment of the gettysburg cemetery/battlefield. This is the most unreal thing ever.
Parker
Another win for you! Uncle Mo's Soul Food will be on hand and selling his wonderful food selections Thursday night at the Adams County Winery Welcome Reception! Those of you who have attended Grapehounds will recognize that name! We have more than 300 people signed up for the welcome reception, and the winery is working on special deals just for us, including a free wine tasting, a greyhound-etched glass that you can keep upon purchasing a glass of wine, and other wine deals to make life interesting! This activity is free for pre-registrants; $5 for walk-ins. Remember, pre-registration closes on April 10. If you haven't registered yet, hurry! :-)
Butler
Love ? Define it for me.
Fisher
A big thank you to our brave local fire fighters who responded so quickly today!
Walker
Taking a tour of Gettysburg battlefield
Takeuchi
Upcoming Area Events:
This year’s book selection for the State wide “One Book, One Community” event is: One Amazing Thing. The book was written by Indian-American author, poet and university professor Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and tells the story of nine people struggling to survive after being trapped together by an earthquake. It crushes class and cultural barriers while showcasing the triumph of human expression. Ms. Divakaruni will discuss her book with a guest appearance at MCCC’s La-Z-Boy Center on March 27, 2013 at 7 p.m. For more info, visit www.monroeccc.edu/onebook.
“One Amazing Thing” event, Friday, April 5, at the Monroe County Historical Museum.
Saturday, April 6, at 1 p.m. at the Monroe County Historical Museum, Ken Crawford and his book, “The Daring Tradition: Jacob Smith in the Michigan Territory 1802-1825”.
“Volunteer Militia Drill Day”, Saturday, April 6, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the River Raisin National Battlefield Park (E. Elm Ave., Monroe, MI)
Sunday, April 7, at 2 p.m. at the Sawyer Homestead, Dr. James McConnell will lecture on the “Women of 1812”.
“Volunteers Needed!”, April 11, at 6 p.m., at the Monroe County Historical Museum, information meeting for all those who wish to volunteer at the Museum.
“Women’s History Day & Tea”, Saturday, April 20, from 12 (noon) to 4 p.m. Free event, no reservations are required.
“National Park Week”, Monday, April 22-Friday, April 26, 2013, at the River Raisin National Battlefield Park (E. Elm Ave., Monroe, MI). Many events and tours are planned. If you have a school/organization that would like to participate in the tours at the Park, contact the Visitor Center at the RRNBP.
Join us for an evening with General Custer! Tickets for the “3rd Civil War Dinner”, scheduled for Saturday, April 27th, 2013, are now available. The dinner will be held at the Monroe VFW Hall (400 Jones Ave., Monroe, MI 48161). Doors open at 5 p.m., and dinner is at 6 p.m. Live music will be provided by Fiddlesix. Guest speaker, General George A. Custer, will give a presentation titled “The Battle of Gettysburg”. The menu includes southern fried chicken, black eyed peas, Johnny cake & molasses, among other savory tidbits! There will also be a silent auction. All proceeds will support a Monroe County Civil War publication. Tickets are available for purchase at the Monroe County Historical Museum. Cost is $20/ticket. Call 734-652-1192 for more information concerning the event, or to purchase tickets.
“Bench Dedication”, Saturday, May 3, at 1:30 p.m., at the River Raisin National Battlefield Park.
“Founders Day at the Sawyer Homestead” (E. Front St., Monroe, MI), Saturday, May 18, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Encampments.
King
“@rjoliveri: @cdre5 @kperrykyle and CWhite...MU catchers at Gettysburg battlefield #cannons http://t.co/5GqmLxCPfp”. Love it!
González
CWI Fellow Allie Ward on the Selma student group RATCO and their recent visit to the battlefield: http://t.co/UEUtlUyJAR
Campbell
Today is the early tour of the Gettysburg battlefield then off to Baltimore
Endō
Gettysburg bound!
Bell
OK, summer is coming so I am gonna start thinking up some ideas for day trips or overnighters....maybe if I plan ahead, I can actually check more off the list...especially interested in history related sites, since my man-child loves history...any suggestions?
Guō
#FreeKindleBook #freebook #free HISTORY - FREE - Haunted Ground: Ghost Photos from the Gettysburg Battlefield - http://t.co/RNJXrQYcvu
Okamoto
Just finished packing... Ready for my trip to Gettysburg and DC.... Will be fun, educational and inspirational....
Jones
Are You Reconciled to God?
Panfilo de Narvaez (1478-1528) was a Spanish patriot, conqueror and soldier in the Americas. It is reported that as
Narvaez lay dying, a priest asked him whether he had forgiven all his enemies. Narvaez looked astonished and said,
"Sir, I have no enemies. I have shot them all." That's one way to get rid of your enemies. But there is another way. Abraham Lincoln once said, "The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend." Fifty years after the horrific battle of Gettysburg, something happened that demonstrated the power of Lincoln's idea. According to author and film-maker Ken Bums in The Civil War, in 1913 the Federal government sponsored a 50th anniversary reunion at Gettysburg for three days. Thousands of survivors bivouacked in the once bloody battlefield where soldiers from the North and South had shot and killed one another by the tens of thousands. The climax of the gathering was a reenactment of Pickett's Charge. Thousands watched as Union veterans took their position on Cemetery Ridge and waited as their old adversaries emerged on Seminary Ridge and started toward them across the long, flat fields. Philip Meyers (who witnessed the event as an 18-year-old) wrote, "We could see not rifles and bayonets but canes and crutches. We soon could distinguish the more agile ones aiding those less able to maintain their place in the ranks." As they neared the northern line, the Southerners broke into one final, defiant rebel yell. At the sound, "after half a century of silence, a moan, a sigh, a gigantic gasp of unbelief' rose from the Union men on Cemetery Ridge. "It was then," Meyers wrote, "that the Yankees, unable to restrain themselves longer, burst from behind the stone wall, and flung themselves upon their former enemies. . . .not in mortal combat, but reunited in brotherhood and affection" (p 412).
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. Wonder where Lincoln learned that? We don't know for certain. But history records that (for whatever reasons) Lincoln often read the Bible and could quote large portions of it. If so, he would have often read about the concept of reconciliation ("to re-establish friendly relations; to bring to agreement again" [Webster's Universal Dictionary and Thesaurus]). The Bible often asserts God under took the most dramatic and costly (to Himself) steps to destroy the enmity human sin had placed between man and his Maker. Hebrews 2:17 is one place Lincoln would have read about God's efforts to make man His friend again. There the inspired writer hammers home that Jesus became a man so "that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people" (kjv). Another place is Romans 5:10-11— "For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation." The cross of Christ proves that God wants to destroy His enemies - not by killing them, but by making them His friends. Are you reconciled to God?
Dan Gulley
Smithville church of Christ
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