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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers the Sinking of the C.S.S. Alabama (6/19/1864) - June 19th, 2003
http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/civilwar/64-6-19.htm ^ | Thread work by SAMWolf

Posted on 06/19/2003 3:49:44 AM PDT by snippy_about_it

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To: stainlessbanner
CSMC, by companies, MUSKET SALUTE! fire three volleys!

FRee dixie,sw

121 posted on 06/20/2003 9:01:23 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistence to tyrants is obedience to God. -Thomas Jefferson)
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To: concentric circles
Thanks concentric circles.

I learned something new today. Some place names have interesting histories.
122 posted on 06/20/2003 9:04:24 AM PDT by SAMWolf (Programming Department: Mistakes made while you wait.)
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To: U S Army EOD
The french had a Navy?
123 posted on 06/20/2003 9:04:46 AM PDT by SAMWolf (Programming Department: Mistakes made while you wait.)
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To: SAMWolf
What's even better is when she asked a question about the 'proper etiquette' first, usually answered with "I don't remember" followed with a thwack upside the head with a cane and the question: "Do you remember now?"
124 posted on 06/20/2003 10:20:36 AM PDT by Darksheare (Nox aeternus en pax.)
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To: Darksheare
LOL! I always got the "I rasied you better" line. I'm glad my mom didn't have a cane.
125 posted on 06/20/2003 10:43:30 AM PDT by SAMWolf (Programming Department: Mistakes made while you wait.)
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To: SAMWolf
Grandma either used the cane, or denied knowing us...
Mom & Dad usually said that a circus would run off and join us.
126 posted on 06/20/2003 10:56:29 AM PDT by Darksheare (Nox aeternus en pax.)
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To: Darksheare
LOL! I remember getting the "Who are these kids"" look a few times.
127 posted on 06/20/2003 11:00:11 AM PDT by SAMWolf (Programming Department: Mistakes made while you wait.)
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To: SAMWolf
They had to keep something on hand to give the Germans in 1940.
128 posted on 06/20/2003 4:27:02 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (Served in Vietnam and Korea and still fighting America's enemies on the home front)
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