Mr. Bonis, please make your snide remarks elsewhere.
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From: "Ray Bonis" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Anniversary celebrations in the 21st century
> Actually, the last GREATEST excitment was when Lee gave up and the North
> won. Now that was fun.
>
>
> Ray B.
>
>
> Randy Cabell wrote:
>
>> Very well said. Maybe its just my getting older, but I also now
>> really want
>> to look into Virginia and family things within the larger context of what
>> was going on.
>>
>> re the biggest "excitement" and the hope that Jamestowne things will
>> heat up
>> as we approach it, I say Amen. Lets see...... our biggest excitement
>> was...... hmmmmm..... I'm hardpressed to think of any GREATEST since
>> (reading of) Col. Mosby welcoing Gen. Sheridan to the northwest corner of
>> Virginia by burning his supply train, north of Berryville.
>>
>> Randy Cabell
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>> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 4:34 PM
>> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Anniversary celebrations in the 21st century
>>
>>
>>> I attended that conference in 2004 sponsored by the Omohundro Institute
>>> and
>>> I thought it was interesting mainly because it did put Jamestown in a
>>> global
>>> context with information on other European nations, West Africa and the
>>> Native
>>> Americans that were here before the arrival of the British. Jamestown
>>> did
>>> not happen in a vacum, the whole world was on the move and surely to
>>> understand
>>> Jamestown and the world that was created here can be better understood
>>> with
>>> the backdrop.
>>>
>>> I don't know but I am going to assume that when we finally get closer to
>>> 2007
>>> there will be other conferences held in Williamsburg &
>>> Jamestown.......and
>>> I
>>> will be very appeciative if as a " local history buff" I am able to
>>> attend. I
>>> will say that the Jamestown 2007 Steering Committee has their work
>>> cut out
>>> for them because locally the biggest thing to happen in the area in the
>>> last
>>> couple of years is the opening of the Bass Pro Shop off of 64, maybe
>>> that
>>> has now
>>> be surpassed by the BRAC Commissions decision to close Fort
>>> Monroe....let
>>> the
>>> Condo building begin.
>>>
>>> Selma Stewart
>>>
>>> In a message dated 2/21/2006 9:23:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>>> [log in to unmask] writes:
>>>
>>>> What are we "celebrating," exactly? The Omohundro Institute of Early
>>>> >American History and Culture sponsored a very DEEP scholarly confer-
>>>> >ence in 2004, almost ignoring Jamestown itself by placing it in global
>>>> >context with West African tribal traditions circa 1607, etc. The only
>>>> >conference on the Jamestown Commemoration website that I saw was
>>>> >focused on modern democracy. Better not go there.
>>>>
>>>
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