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To: reed13k
Wow, that must have been an amazing experience. I felt the same sensation at the Arizona Memorial. The father of my uncle (by marriage) died on the Arizona when he was just a child. He has no memories of his father.

I had another experience at the Holocaust Museum in DC. I spent hours in there, reading everything and looking at all the artifacts…it was a heavy day, so I didn’t think much about it when I walked up the ramp to stand inside one of the cattle cars, which was real and not reproduction. I was alone in the car when a sudden rush of dizziness and nausea that came over me. I had to bolt out of there because I thought I was going to be sick. That was the end of my museum walking that day.

I have always wanted to visit Gettysburg and another I would like to visit is Culloden.

1,648 posted on 02/21/2022 8:28:29 PM PST by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven )
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To: ponygirl

Might I suggest a visit to Fredericksburg, Virginia?

There is a very uplifting story there regarding one of the Battles. I highly recommend it.


1,649 posted on 02/21/2022 8:35:18 PM PST by Radix (Politicians; the Law and the Profits )
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1,651 posted on 02/21/2022 8:39:10 PM PST by Melian ( Unity is all. )
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To: ponygirl

‘I have always wanted to visit Gettysburg’

It seems that you are sensitive to these places. Gettysburg will likely have an impact on you. Most everyone I know who has visited there has felt something that they can’t name, myself included. But it is a beautiful place, and highly recommended.


1,699 posted on 02/22/2022 3:04:23 AM PST by Cleebie Grums (Bang the drum. . .)
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To: ponygirl

Well I have to Mea Culpa - it appears Tank Man was on 5 June....I’m just misremembering from real life.

My books and everything else I have all confirm it was 5 June for Tank Man which was 2 days after the massacre.


1,701 posted on 02/22/2022 3:35:25 AM PST by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
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