Posted on 10/16/2009 11:16:18 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
--snip-- It was 150 years ago today, Oct. 16, 1859. The long-haired, wild-eyed Brown was about to launch a raid that would hasten the Civil War and make him the most notorious man in America, a figure who still ignites controversy a century and a half later. Some see him as an Osama bin Laden; others, as a Christian soldier who gave his life to end human bondage.
"You could ask 100 people about John Brown and still get 100 opinions," said Jeff Bowers, a ranger at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, which plans three days of activities this weekend to commemorate Brown's raid
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Hoo boy, this is gonna be good.
Harpers Ferry is one of my favorite spots to visit.
No matter what one’s politics, if one considers John Brown objectively, they would necessarily conclude he was a nut.
I agree. One might then decide that the nut was either on the right side or the wrong side — but the bottomline is that he was a nut.
I believe that the proper clinical term would be batsh*t crazy.
John Brown’s body lies a-mouldering in the grave, /|
John Brown’s body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
But his soul goes marching on.
Chorus:
Glory, glory, hallelujah, /|
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
His soul goes marching on.
He’s gone to be a soldier in the Army of the Lord, /|
He’s gone to be a soldier in the Army of the Lord,
His soul goes marching on.
Chorus:
John Brown’s knapsack is strapped upon his back, /
John Brown’s knapsack is strapped upon his back,
His soul goes marching on.
Chorus:
John Brown died that the slaves might be free, /
John Brown died that the slaves might be free,
His soul goes marching on.
Chorus:
The stars above in Heaven now are looking kindly down, /
The stars above in Heaven now are looking kindly down,
His soul goes marching on.
Brown was fruitcake nutty.
Let’s see: bearded wild-eyed murderous religious zealot.
John Brown was reincarnated as a Muslim terrorist.
The most interesting thing about John Brown were the radical New Englanders who bankrolled his efforts to start a race war in America.
An attack on an American military facility....part of an effort to start a bloody war against the United States government....the man who carried it out and his followers believed God called them to such violence....
In 1859, the above described episode was quickly ended by the military and a “short drop with a sudden stop” for the leader swiftly followed.
In 2001, the above described episode still drags on with lawyers, judges and politicians arguing over endless minutia while the perpetrators either plan more attacks of get fat off the taxpayer’s largess.
You guys could never own an NFL team.
It’s definitely nutty to believe that all men should be free
Taht no one did is a tragedy of history.
I think the most interesting thing about Brown was that he was tried, convicted, and executed for the crime of treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia. How can you commit treason against a place you weren't born in and had never lived in?
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