Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe: Thanks for the kind words and for looking. From your astute question I take it that you already know that the Romans came to America even before either Lief Ericson in 1000 CE, or Christopher Columbus in 1492 CE. But actually, this bridge was built by the Etruscans who arrived here in approximately 10 BCE in a boat like this: <http://vector-images.com/clipart.php?id=7723> or: http://tinyurl.com/4f9p5m Part of the crew were Greeks though, because the Etruscans loved baklava after dinner and needed the Greeks to prepare it... along with an early version of moussaka on Sunday afternoons. A little know fact is that both the Etruscans and Greeks in the party were absorbed by the Algonquin native Americans. Their descendants were eventually defeated by the American colonists and a lot of lobsterbacks in the French-Indian war (1754-1763 BC). Several years later, England desired to retrieve some of the vast amounts of money spent in prosecuting that war... so they hit the Americans with the Stamp Act which was violently opposed in the colonies and led to our Revolutionary War: <http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h642.html> So, we've come full circle in my little story about the Old Stone Bridge, because as I mentioned in an earlier message, this bridge was used by General Knox, a bookseller who actually read his military strategy books: <http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=29> or: http://tinyurl.com/bvg4b Jim, "But what do I know, I went to Art School" Hemenway P.S. We still don't like to pay taxes, especially those of us of the Republican persuasion, (not me). Jim Philippe AMARD wrote: > Fine set - did the Romans build it? > > > > phx > >