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Old Leavenworth Prison To Be Demolished
Leavenworth Times ^
| August 23, 2004
Posted on 08/24/2004 3:49:22 PM PDT by Former Military Chick
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I suppose nobody would understand why I think this is a tragedy. This was built on the sweat of those convicted. Now they are housed in college type dorm type building.
To: Former Military Chick
If there was real justice, John Kerry would be serving a life sentence at Fort Leavenworth for giving aid and comfort to the enemy while an officer of the United States Navy.
To: Former Military Chick
I stopped by Ft. Leavenworth with my father a few years back. A very tasteful, historical base ... and the elegant old prison is part of it. I'm very sorry that it will be lost. It must be a Chick thing :-).
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posted on
08/24/2004 3:54:01 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(The only thing we know about life is that we aren't going to get out of it alive.)
To: Former Military Chick
I would have to agree, I used to live just down the hill from the prison and it is a fixture on the post.
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posted on
08/24/2004 3:54:08 PM PDT
by
Andrewksu
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
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posted on
08/24/2004 3:55:07 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(The only thing we know about life is that we aren't going to get out of it alive.)
To: Former Military Chick
Dang, I was thinking of sending my ex-boyfriend there. Now it sounds too nice.
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posted on
08/24/2004 3:56:30 PM PDT
by
poweqi
To: Former Military Chick
I visited Leavenworth some years back. This is a neat building. Some of the residential areas are pretty impressive.
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posted on
08/24/2004 3:56:58 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
To: poweqi
Dang, I was thinking of sending my ex-boyfriend there.Hell hath no fury...
Have we met?
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posted on
08/24/2004 3:58:20 PM PDT
by
Glenn
(The two keys to character: 1) Learn how to keep a secret. 2) ...)
To: Bahbah
I love those old, Midwestern bases and their officer housing. I've even cleaned a few :-). The Army didn't pay much, but they put a roof over your head!
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posted on
08/24/2004 3:59:47 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(The only thing we know about life is that we aren't going to get out of it alive.)
To: Former Military Chick
You can spend ten years at Leavenworth, eleven years at Twelveworth, or five to ten years at Woolworth. (line (mangled) from a Marx Bros. movie).
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posted on
08/24/2004 4:01:47 PM PDT
by
searchandrecovery
(Socialist America - diseased and dysfunctional.)
To: Glenn
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posted on
08/24/2004 4:02:49 PM PDT
by
poweqi
To: poweqi
Probably.Then you show very little gratitude for the dozen roses I sent you in apology. And don't give me that, "They looked like they were taken from a grave!" routine. I bought them fresh off that guy by the Interstate on-ramp.
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posted on
08/24/2004 4:04:54 PM PDT
by
Glenn
(The two keys to character: 1) Learn how to keep a secret. 2) ...)
To: Glenn
Was that you? The card was mangled by a badger.
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posted on
08/24/2004 4:06:10 PM PDT
by
poweqi
To: poweqi
The card was mangled by a badger.If I had a nickel for everytime I've heard that one...
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posted on
08/24/2004 4:07:52 PM PDT
by
Glenn
(The two keys to character: 1) Learn how to keep a secret. 2) ...)
To: Former Military Chick
Where on the grounds is the prison, near the river? Turning it into a museum would seem natural but I suppose being on a military reservation would make civilian access another headache.
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posted on
08/24/2004 4:09:13 PM PDT
by
babaloo999
(Liberals say they're "Progressive". So is cancer.)
To: Former Military Chick
The wife and I visited there a couple of years ago when my son was a guard at the prison. Nice base but would not want to live there.
To: babaloo999
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posted on
08/24/2004 4:11:14 PM PDT
by
knarf
(A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
To: Tax-chick
As a young child my father was stationed at a base not from here, I recall a Sunday drive and we drove up to hystorical Leavenworth. As I saw the prison from a distance, I knew one thing for sure I would never EVER get in trouble. I thought the beds were size of the window. Way to small for this chick!
To: Former Military Chick
Nothing like a prison tour to put you off crime! I remember a visit to Yuma Territorial Prison in Arizona (my family would tourize *anything*!) Unbelievably miserable!
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posted on
08/24/2004 4:13:59 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(The only thing we know about life is that we aren't going to get out of it alive.)
To: babaloo999
>>Where on the grounds is the prison, near the river? Turning it into a museum would seem natural but I suppose being on a military reservation would make civilian access another headache.<<
I actually agree with you. My beloved seems to think it was recently used in a Redford movie that was based at a prison. Don't know, but, it would have I think made it's keep by being a museum.
Access is currently a headache so an added one certainly would not have bugged me. There was very little in the KC and local news that it was to be no more. Oh well.
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