Before I went to Appomattox for the final week of this journey, this was posted in the Drexel newsletter
https://drexel.edu/news/archive/2015/april/appomattox_prof
History for me was boring lists of battles, speeches, names to memorize, and then forget. Immersing first into the Civil War for the 150th Commemoration events and now into the Revolutionary War, I have been experiencing history through the lives of re-enactors who give these periods in American history a new life. You might want to start with Why this blog? listed in 2015. Then be part of the conversation by sharing your thoughts, knowledge,and experiences.
“THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated”
Lining up at the Old Barracks Museum |
Hessian soldiers |