Posted on 10/16/2017 7:43:18 AM PDT by rktman
Civil War reenactors replaying the Battle of Cedar Creek in Virginia on Saturday went ahead with their demonstration despite the group organizing the event receiving a letter threatening "bodily harm" to anyone who participated.
The battlefield was temporarily cleared on Saturday when a "suspicious device" - possibly a pipe bomb - was discovered. The FBI is investigating.
Washington Post:
“We wanted to send a message,” said Keith MacGregor, 56, from Lebanon, Pa., who was playing the role of a Union infantry captain for the reenactment of the Battle of Cedar Creek, held not far from here. “We wanted to show the U.S. that we aren’t going to let some terrorist, or some nut, stop the event. I was never prouder of people in our hobby.”
Before and after the minute-long “U.S.A.” chant, the two sides who acted out the battle came together and thanked each other for coming — and for staying. “The Star-Spangled Banner” was played and sung. So was “Dixie.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
I’m not surprised.
For more than a century, statues of Confederate heroes gazed out over demonstrations by the Industrial Workers of the World, labor union rallies, civil rights marches, and protests against the wars in Vietnam, Iraq, and so on. Only after November 8, 2016 did they suddenly become controversial.
Their goal is to erase everything “American”.
‘Their goal is to erase everything “American”.’
the ultimate goal is the appeasement of blacks in its entirety; if that can be done by destroying American values, so be it, or if it can be done without destroying them, so be it, as long as the objective is acheived...every social upheaval going on today has that as its end, from athletic events to statue removals, and will continue apace until some as yet unknown standard will be reached...
There is a somewhat famous poem that celebrates the man and horse (last verse);
Hurrah! hurrah for Sheridan!
Hurrah! hurrah for horse and man!
And when their statues are placed on high
Under the dome of the Union sky,
The American soldier's Temple of Fame,
There, with the glorious general's name,
Be it said, in letters both bold and bright:
"Here is the steed that saved the day
By carrying Sheridan into the fight,
From Winchester--twenty miles away!"
I drove through Middletown VA yesterday afternoon, and there was an American Flag, alternating with a Confederate flag, every 50 feet, on either side of the street, all the way across town.
They do this during the re-enactments at Cedar Grove. It is not to glorify the Confederate flag. It is history.
Also, Jon - Erik Hexum. He was one of the stars of “Voyagers!”, a late-80’s TV show. Was goofing around with a blank - loaded firearm and killed himself by accident.
Imagine the reenactors in a hundred years.
“Hello, my name is Greg. My character is ‘Sally’ a 24 year old member of AntiFa. I am enrolled as a graduate student in gender studies. I am polyqueer genderfluid and my pronouns are Zim/Ze. I am wearing the black mask typical of AntiFa of the era.
You may notice my hair is purple. That was a common color of the time. It was very significant as it identified me as a member of the SJW group.”
Jon Erik-Hexum.
Right.
Mr. Mercat still talks about the cannon firing. I remember the horses. They didn’t even flinch when the guns fired. A good read is Confederate in the attic.
Months later, while in Vermont being celebrated, Sheridan took some flak for being in Winchester. His response was great: ‘Better late than Early’.
The Statehouse has a huge mural depicting the Battle of Cedar Creek, painted by Julian Scott. Scott enlisted as a fifer at age 15 and was awarded a Medal of Honor at age 19 for actions during the Battle of Lee’s Mills.
Sounds right
What’s completely suspicious about this is the blocking of information about this case. No description from the FBI or local cops of either the “device” or the outsiders seen at the location where the device was found.
Why the blackout?
Jon-Erik Hexum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Hexum
“Jon-Erik Hexum (November 5, 1957 – October 18, 1984) was an American model and actor. He died as a result of an accidental self-inflicted blank cartridge gunshot to the head on the set of the CBS television series Cover Up, in which he played the male lead.”
Hard to forget a last name like that.
The Williams Repeating Cannon could handle that job well.
I expect my youtube package on it will be taken down sooner or later.
Wikipedia:
In the scene in which Lee was accidentally shot, Lee's character walks into his apartment and discovers his fiancée being beaten and raped by thugs. Actor Michael Massee's character fires a .44 Magnum revolver at Lee as he walks into the room. A previous scene using the same gun had called for inert dummy cartridges fitted with bullets (but no powder or primer) to be loaded in the revolver for a close-up scene; for film scenes which utilize a revolver (where the bullets are visible from the front) and do not require the gun to actually be fired, dummy cartridges provide the realistic appearance of actual rounds. Instead of purchasing commercial dummy cartridges, the film's prop crew created their own by pulling the bullets from live rounds, dumping the powder charge then reinserting the bullets. However, they unknowingly or unintentionally left the live primer in place at the rear of the cartridge. At some point during filming, the revolver was apparently discharged with one of these improperly-deactivated cartridges in the chamber, setting off the primer with enough force to drive the bullet partway into the barrel, where it became stuck (a condition known as a squib load). The prop crew either failed to notice this or failed to recognize the significance of this issue.
In the fatal scene, which called for the revolver to be actually fired at Lee from a distance of 3.6–4.5 meters (12–15 feet), the dummy cartridges were exchanged with blank rounds, which feature a live powder charge and primer, but no bullet, thus allowing the gun to be fired without the risk of an actual projectile. But since the bullet from the dummy round was already trapped in the barrel, this caused the .44 Magnum bullet to be fired out of the barrel with virtually the same force as if the gun had been loaded with a live round, and it struck Lee in the abdomen, mortally wounding him.
Regards,
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