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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Summerfest
From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 19:32:29 -0400
References: <CA+yJO1Ck2-es-SJa3C3WRUnMbZAAO8F3UGQUXQJiwQUSGyK4tQ@mail.gmail.com> <01e5ba4a-ee2d-d12f-651d-3b803173784b@lighttube.net> <bf36ebbb-a7f9-cc6e-e846-a85b0d935bc2@iol.ie>

I think it is a good thing that all of this history is coming to light!
The statues mean nothing without the history behind them and the history
behind them means they should come down!!

Thanks for the Googling ;-)

Tina

On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Tina,
> I like your capture of those, no doubt, doughty - albeit a bit doughy and
> a tad dingy - defenders of the Confederate heritage lined up in all their
> hirsute glory. I'd never heard of Brigadier General Micah Jenkins before,
> as we don't study the war of Northern Aggression in Irish schools.
>
> However, Google is our friend and a couple of minutes reading and I see...
> "From an army camp in Virginia, Edisto planter Micah Jenkins wished his
> brother John luck in moving their slaves up country:
>
> I fully approve your determination to enforce obedience among our negroes
> at any alternative.  I would shoot the first who refused to move; but I
> would manage to have force enough so as to ensure their going"
>
> Now that's what I call a memorable "heritage"! Thoughts of Reinhard
> Heydrich's legacy spring to mind.
>
> Mind you, there's probably a statue to Micah somewhere, but I wonder does
> it show him being shot in the head by his own men?
>
> Douglas
>
>
>
>
>> On 8/26/2017 2:03 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>>
>>> PESO:
>>>
>>> Today was our annual Summerfest in York.  It's usually held on the
>>> hottest
>>> day of the year!  This summer we got a break with temperatures only in
>>> the
>>> upper 80's.  The usual food, vintage car show, crafts, and crowds were
>>> there:
>>>
>>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/166092628
>>>
>>> and hit Next until you get to the Confederate flag!
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
>>>
>>
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