ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY : CONCERNS OVER HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO

I've got a relative buried at Arlington....

NBC WASHINGTON : ARLINGTON REMOVAL OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS LEADING TO HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT BURIALS

Excerpt: Historian Kevin Levin said the removed pages were valuable tools for educators across the country...

In a statement to News4, a spokesperson for Arlington National Cemetery said, “We are actively working to update our educational content in compliance with Executive Orders issued by the President and Department of Defense Instruction. We want to clarify that no service members have been permanently removed from the ‘Notable Graves’ section of our website. The individuals from prior categories such as ‘African American History, Hispanic American History, and Women’s History’ can be found in other categories such as ‘Prominent Military Figures’ or ‘Science, Technology & Engineering,’ based on the person’s historical contribution to our nation.”

Here's the official web site : ARLINGTON CEMETERY - EXPLORE GRAVES

THE WHITE HOUSE

 

THE GREAT RIDE : A 335 MILE BIKE TRAIL ALONG AN OLD CANAL PATH - FROM WASHINGTON D.C. TO PITTSBURGH

 

YOU CAN WATCH THIS FILM FROM THE WEB/ YOUR LOCAL PBS STATION

or an alternative such as YouTube

I had no idea that there ever was a canal system that went from Washington D.C. area to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, so this film was a surprise to me. Bikers from all over the world do some or all of this ride which connects two "towpaths.  One is the C and O Canal Towpath that goes from D.C. to Cumberland Maryland, and the other is The Great Allegheny Passage, which takes the riders into Pittsburgh.  The ride includes encounters with three rivers including the Casselman, Youghiogheny, and the Monongahela. The Allegheny Mountains have over a hundred species of trees and wild flowers. Riders go through much Colonial History territory, cross the Mason-Dixon Line, and wind through beautiful scenery - mountains and rapids.  They can stop to rest, sleep over, or eat in many a small town.

A towpath is the path aside the canal, which holds water and the boat, from which, be it by humans. horses, or vehicles, the boat is towed - when needed.

The history of the canal is that it was used by boats to move products before the railroads and trains took over.  Then it was forgotten. However, it was once vital to shipping and so along it lived many a "lock keeper." Since the Great Ride trail opened and bikers from all over the world are giving it their best, businesses in small towns have become more vibrant.

Some parts of The Great Ride are fairly level and not difficult, other's more rugged. 

You'll go from Harper's Ferry to Canal National Historic Park to Potomac River falls into Cumberland, Maryland, eventually reaching Ohio Pyle, West Newton, and into the city of Pittsburgh and Point State Park.

The Great Ride happened because

U.S. CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY

U.S. CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY 

The U.S. Capitol building began in 1793 and has Roman and Greek architecture styles. The building itself has undergone reconstruction as well as restoration over time. Congress started meeting there in 1800 when it was a room. Today there is over 16 acres of floor space. The rotunda of the domed building is one of most iconic in the world. Now you can take tours of historic areas of the building as well as areas in use today. Learn more about historic America, George Washington, and this non-profit at the linked site!

JEFFERSON DAVIS - AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT : DVD FILM REVIEW

JEFFERSON DAVIS - AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT The Life Story of the First and Only President of the Confederacy a Kultur DVD 


ANCESTRY WORSHIP GENEALOGY FILM REVIEW:

This 3 DVD set was so enlightening! I promise I will watch the film in its entirety one more time! I realized just how ignorant I was of the Confederacy. In this portrait of the man, I learned that until the Civil War Davis first and foremost considered himself an AMERICAN. He was an Army officer, a congressman, the Secretary of War, and a two term Mississippi senator, and one of the greats who found the Smithsonian Institute, and "largely responsible" for the current design on the U.S. Capitol. As things turned out Davis was on the wrong side of the Civil War and lead years of life afterwards in which he struggled to support his family or again live to his potential. Jefferson Davis also had a profoundly tragic personal life, like his old colleague Abraham Lincoln. His life spanned that of the 19th century.

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Personally, I dislike that various confederacy statues and historical displays are being taken down.  Just because the South lost?  Or because there is an assumption that the South, and all who were on that side, were all about racism - rather than economics. I realize this is not a politically correct opinion, but I think that if this continues, all the California Missions will be taken down too.  Off the go to "graveyards," but some day they will be refound and unveiled; this has happened in other countries.

Leave them up and learn history!  A tour guide can always make such things part of a discussion.  For instance one tour of a California Mission I took was guided by a fake Franciscan Friar in his brown garb with the rope belt and sandals whose personal opinion was against the Catholic Church. Believe it or not.  Yet I've met a couple Native American ancestry people who think that they are better off because they became Catholics - this is Arizona.

GENEALOGY DOCUMENTS sometimes prove that things taught in classrooms are not true.  For instance, I was taught Mexicans and Native Americans were always friends.
Some Americans believe all Native Americans were peaceful and unified when it fact some of them warred with each other.  Some Native Americans owned slaves, some married them, and I've seen that on census records. The Civil War issues split up some families.

So I like to say that history is "niche specific."

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