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Posted on 12/23/2004 11:49:48 PM PST by snippy_about_it
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Oops. PE here, on Msdrby's machine.
On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on December 24:
0003 BC Servius Sulpicius Galba 6th Roman emperor (68-69)
1167 John "Lackland" Plantagenet, king of England (1199-1216)
1745 Benjamin Rush, Byberry Pa, physician/general/signer (Declaration of Independence)
1809 Christopher (Kit) Carson(frontiersman: subject of adventure novels; fur trapper, guide, American Indian agent and brevet Union general)
1818 James Prescott Joule, physicist (discovered conservation of energy)
1868 Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion (1894-21)
1905 I.F. (Isidor Feinstein) Stone ("journalist")
1922 Ava Gardner Grabtown NC, actress (On the Beach, Night of the Iguana)
1940 Paul Tagliabue NFL commissioner (1989- )
1944 Mike Curb (music executive: producer: Oscar-winner You Light Up My Life)(Burning Bridges-Kelly's Heroes)
1950 John Matuszak (football: Oakland Raiders defensive end: Super Bowls XI, XIV)
Howdy sir.
Hi miss Feather
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Merry Christmas to all our men and women in uniform and FRiends at The FReeper Foxhole.
Merry Christmas to EVERYONE at the FReeper Foxhole!
Read: Matthew 1:18-25
The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. —Matthew 20:28
Bible In One Year: Habakkuk 1-3; Revelation 15
Although millions celebrate Jesus' birthday, few seem to be aware of its real significance.
We recognize that His birth was unusual because He was born of a virgin. His life was unique too, for He was the only one who lived without sinning. His death was also unusual. Jesus was not a martyr. He was not the victim of unfortunate circumstances, dying for a worthy cause. Nor did He lay down His life just to set a good example. There's much more to it than that. The Lord Jesus came into this world to be our Savior!
Jesus Himself said that He came "to seek and to save that which was lost" (Luke 19:10). Who are the lost? The Bible tells us that "all have sinned" and that "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 3:23; 6:23). In order to save the world, Jesus had to die for it. He came and lived the perfect life and then died the death we should have died. The true meaning of Christmas is that Jesus was born to die. Because He was crucified and then rose from the dead, forgiveness of sin and assurance of heaven is now offered to all who believe (John 1:12).
Have you accepted God's gift of salvation? If not, do so today, and this will be your most meaningful Christmas ever. —Richard De Haan
I had no idea he lived that long.
Oh the horror, on a gubmint owned radio no less.
Shouldn't have sent them to a french school!
As far as discipline, I will never forget a painting I saw of all places,in the French naval museum in Paris. It was the painting of a English troop ship that sank in the 1880's. She was headed from England to India with a British regiment and their dependents. She started to sink and was able to fire off distress rockets. A French ship came to their rescue but it was almost to late. The Regiment was formed up on the deck to make sure no one rushed the life boats and rescue boats as in the tradition of the sea, first the women and children were being saved. As the ship sunk under them and the waters washed across the deck, not a man in the regiment broke ranks as the ship went down under them.
I was guarding the alert birds when this happened. Clear sky, colder than the 9th circle of hell, I recall looking up and thinking there are men (Americans!) up there right now!
Neither did I.
Yep, it was a brisk 5F this morning on my way into work, we are experiencing a heat wave at the moment. It is now a balmy 15F,
And a Merry Christmas to you and the family
BTW, will be sending some more F-O-G pic next week :-)
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
I'm afraid my thoughts weren't quite so far along.
Here I am in 1970 admiring an Apollo11 moon rock at the Bishop museum in Honolulu.
I THINK we may be up to 18F or so right now.
Every once in a while my dad gets the idea of sending an Orange tree to me. When he asks how could it gets in winter, typically down to about 20 or so a few nights, his reply is "nevermind".
Morning gradient_salient.
Thanks for the link and the lead on the 66th Div history.
Finegan's second brigade, consisting of the Thirty-second Georgia, Sixty-fourth Georgia, First Georgia Regulars, Twenty-eighth Georgia Artillery Battalion, First Florida Battalion, and the Georgia Light Battery, was commanded by Colonel George P. Harrison. This young officer, still one month short of his twenty-third birthday, had already established a solid military reputation. In January 1861, while a student at the military institute at Marietta, Georgia, he took part in the capture of Fort Pulaski and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the First Georgia Regulars. After serving in Virginia during the winter of 1861-1862, Harrison returned to Georgia and took command of the Fifth Regiment of Georgia State Troops.
Harrison then organized and was appointed colonel of the Thirty-second Georgia Infantry, a regiment he commanded throughout the 1863 siege of Charleston. During the defense of the city Harrison and his unit were stationed at various locations, including James Island, Fort Johnson, Morris Island, John's Island, Fort Sumter, and Fort Wagner. At Fort Wagner he contributed significantly to the bloody repulse of the July 22, 1863, Union attack. Despite his age, by early 1864 Harrison had developed into a seasoned combat commander, displaying the aggressiveness of youth and strong leadership traits, coupled with coolness under fire. As yet untried in commanding a brigade in battle, few doubted that he would continue to maintain his solid reputation.
Harrison commanded the second Confederate infantry brigade at Olustee. It consisted of the First Florida Battalion, First Georgia Regulars, 28th Georgia Heavy Artillery Battalion (also known as Bonaud's Battalion and serving as infantry), 32nd Georgia, 64th Georgia, and Guerard's Battery. The brigade suffered official casualties of 50 killed, 406 wounded and four missing.
After a competent performance at Olustee, Harrison continued in brigade command for the rest of the war. Although some works cite him as him as being promoted to brigadier-general in 1865, he apparently was never formally advanced to that rank. In the post-war years, Harrison worked as a lawyer in Alabama.
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