Unfortunate intrigue surrounding such an important relic.
To: InsightSur
On this date 150 years ago, his namesake, Simon Bolivar Buckner, surrendered Fort Donelson to Ulysses S. Grant (his former roommate at West Point) after Grant sent his “unconditional surrender” demand.
To: InsightSur
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Blanco
But his friends just call him Larry.....(I don't know why)
4 posted on
02/16/2012 7:17:59 AM PST by
Hot Tabasco
(The only solution to this primary is a shoot out! Last person standing picks the candidate)
To: InsightSur
Funny how the left has picked up his sword when Bolivar believed in the American constitution and the free markets of Adam Smith. Unfortunately for Latin America he was not able to implement his beliefs there.
5 posted on
02/16/2012 7:37:41 AM PST by
Nateman
(If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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