Gods and Generals. Best part was the silken flags of the regiments, North and South, flowing in the breeze to the accompaniment of the song, Going Home. Genuinely moving. The film that followed was unfortunately stiff and preachy, as the officer admitted.
I never forget about the War of 1812. My father is buried in the same cemetery as a local lawyer, Francis Scott Key. Everything in that town was named after him or Barbara Fritchie. She was famous for standing up to Stonewall Jackson.
Anyway, I was at Fort McHenry during the first Gulf War - I have to tell you, when they opened the curtains so we could see the view of the harbor and played The Star Spangled Banner it sent chills down my spine.
And, if you ever have the chance, go see the actual Star Spangled Banner in the Smithsonian - that is an amazing flag. I fly a very small version of it at my house.
Yeah, but everybody forgets about The War of 1812.
ReplyDeleteEven Hollywood.
Is that Jeff Daniels hiding behind those tusks?
ReplyDeleteMan, he sure changed his tune: link
Jeff Daniels is one of my favorite actors. Gettysburg is an awesome movie. I watched it a couple of months back. Great scene.
ReplyDeleteGods and Generals. Best part was the silken flags of the regiments, North and South, flowing in the breeze to the accompaniment of the song, Going Home. Genuinely moving. The film that followed was unfortunately stiff and preachy, as the officer admitted.
ReplyDeleteWas that Gettysburg? Coulda swore it was Gods and Generals. Oh well.
ReplyDelete'Gettysburg' is a great film. If you look real close you can see Ted Turner get shot. Too bad its just make believe.
ReplyDelete"The film that followed was unfortunately stiff and preachy, as the officer admitted."
ReplyDeleteOne reason why Ford was a great film maker. He could be patriotic without being stiff or preachy.
It was a rip off the Killer Angels. I mean they bought the rights to it but it was really uninspired filmmaking.
ReplyDelete"The Killer Angels" is one of my all time favorite books. You can tell by my series of the same name.
Funny thing about it. In the book everybody was mad at Meade. Just sayn'
I never forget about the War of 1812. My father is buried in the same cemetery as a local lawyer, Francis Scott Key. Everything in that town was named after him or Barbara Fritchie. She was famous for standing up to Stonewall Jackson.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I was at Fort McHenry during the first Gulf War - I have to tell you, when they opened the curtains so we could see the view of the harbor and played The Star Spangled Banner it sent chills down my spine.
And, if you ever have the chance, go see the actual Star Spangled Banner in the Smithsonian - that is an amazing flag. I fly a very small version of it at my house.
Meade was known for his temper. Someone called him a "Bald, Cross-eyed, Snapping Turtle".
ReplyDeleteCould have been Althouse or maybe Sheridan.
One of those two.
You know they are the same height.
ReplyDeleteAnd they both dyed their hair.
Just sayn'
Meade's ride was named "Old Baldy"
ReplyDeleteBet you didn't know that.
So was Althouse's!
ReplyDeleteI am sure that ironrailsironweights is sad to hear that.
ReplyDeleteTrooper York said...
ReplyDeleteYou know they are the same height.
And they both dyed their hair.
Oh, come on. That's mean.
Sheridan had it coming, Ed. Oh, wait, you meant the self-murdering red head. Never mind...
ReplyDeleteSheridan?
ReplyDeleteThe man who saved the day at Winchester?
Who won the Plains Indian Wars?
Who policed Chicago after the fire?
As for Mrs Meade, she's as human as the rest of us.
I quote General Sheridan all the time. He said, "If I owned Hell and Texas, I would rent Texas and live in Hell." Amen.
ReplyDeleteI think that's Sherman, who also noted that the only things lacking in Texas were water and good society.
ReplyDeleteWhich, he further observed, could also be said of Hell.
The Texas ladies, however, must have improved monumentally since Uncle Billy's day.
@edutcher: That is so odd that you should mention that story about Texas: I heard the same about Arizona: link
ReplyDeleteAs Davey Crockett said, "You can go to hell, I will go to Texas."
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