Posted on 07/07/2004 12:08:24 AM PDT by Mama_Bear
Mornin' Dixie. I knew you'd like this one. LOL!
I found the story of the Hunley fascinating. We had a wonderful tour guide in Charleston who was like a living history book. He focused a great deal on the Civil War era and particularly the burial of the Hunley's crew, which we missed by a little over two months. His description of the event and of the raising of the vessel caught my attention.
The crew of the Hunley had to know that their chances of survival were less than good, since two previous crews had perished before them in practice dives. Brave men these sailors were, as are all men and women who go to war.
Happy Wednesday everybody.
LOL, okay. Good night.
Thank you. Probably everyone has already heard the story about the Hunley. I imagine it was big news when it was discovered, and then years later when it was raised, then again during the funeral for the crew....but, somehow, I missed it. Until I posted the profile of SC that dixie sass and visualops did a few months ago and then our trip there last month, I had never heard of the Hunley.
Since the Finest thread is about honoring the Finest among us, past and present, I thought it was fitting to post a tribute to these brave sailors. I'm glad you enjoyed this little piece of history. :-)
So did I :-(
Yikes!
For us, it was contractors who unplugged some stuff and never bothered to plug it back in at the end of the 'work' day.
The same contractors who CUT our phone line for 3 days two years ago.
My aunts don't have a computer and my cousin was 2 hrs away. I had to chew my fingernails down to the cuticles, LOL!
!!!!!8-0
I saw 2 Kerry bumperstickers and someone with two bumper stickers one was a Howard Dean sticker and the other said "let's defeat Bush"
and only one Bush/Cheney sticker!
I really wanted to get on FR then! I mean, I need to hear from some INTELLIGENT folks for a change! SHEESH!
Thanks, Nan.
I had to chuckle affectionately though. What kind of idiots were the first to go under the sea in a boat and expect to survive? It had to be those Southern boys. I can just hear them now, "Hey ya'll watch this!"
LOL. I think you are probably right. I would imagine that one would have to possess that kind of bravado in order to climb into a newfangled vessel like the Hunley.
No way could I have ever gotten into such a contraption. I'd prefer to die an obscure death on a battlefield than to make history being trapped in a iron tube crammed in shoulder to shoulder, with a dying candle flame as the indicator that it is time to resurface. To read about the conditions inside that submarine just gives me chills.
Hey, Pippin. Welcome back ! :^D
Yikes.
Sounds like some of my neighbors.
((((MEEKIE)))!
Scary, Aint it!
Wonderful tribute to the 'Hunley Crew'.
Your good morning graphic is TOPS! : )
You did? I was hoping that someone who had actually attended would come to the thread.
We were in Charleston a week and a half ago and thoroughly enjoyed the couple days we spent there. Our tour guide spent a lot of time talking about the Hunley and the recent funeral ceremony, I just found it all so fascinating. I wish we had planned our trip to coincide with the ceremony. Would have loved to have been there!
Oh if you had only read the post burial services columns (around the country) by the liberal press ... it was typically reverse discriminatory of them as most referred to those of us in attendance as racist, hickish, etc.
Well, with the liberal press, that's par for the course. I like what State Senator McConnell said in his letter to the participants..."The funeral procession was magnificent and you all displayed the dignity that these brave heroes so richly deserved."
Maybe you can answer a question for me, since you were there for the ceremony....I have heard two different accounts of the number of crew aboard the final sailing of the Hunley. Some of the websites say the crew numbered nine and some say eight. Since only eight names are listed, I assume that is the correct number. I don't understand the discrepancy in these different reports.
If y'all get any prettier.....
....wolfie just might have an AhhhhhhRoooooo fit! : )
(((LOUIE)))!
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