Finally, a poster that I can agree with!

Bill Bryant



----- Original Message -----
From: "Joan Brooks" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: article on Yorktown commemoration


> Give it up, Scott.  You can't win against this woman who is a master of
> self-promotion.
>
> JLB   (anv11va)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W. Scott Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 2:28 PM
> Subject: Re: article on Yorktown commemoration
>
>
>> It's really too bad that in our list's quest for accuracy, published
>> articles by listmembers continue to carry mistakes.
>>
>> The 225th Anniversary of the Siege of Yorktown is not this October 16th,
>> as
>> the article states. This is the 224th Anniversary, which would actually
>> fall
>> on October 19th (known as "Yorktown Day"), although a public event is
>> also
>> occurring this weekend.
>>
>> Furthermore, Colonel William Cabell was a "Colonel" (if that) and not a
>> "Colonial." I also see in your article that William Cabell was a General.
>> That's quite a promotion.
>>
>> And finally, the "Event at a Glance" section of the web site
>> www.siegeofyorktown.org gives a brief overview of events that are
>> scheduled
>> over a year into the future. You can be rest assured that many programs
>> will
>> be developed between now and then...it is premature, to say the least, to
>> state that...
>>
>> "The celebration that is scheduled to kick off at Colonial Yorktown, on
>> October 16th, may include America's first all-black unit, the 1st Rhode
>> Island Regiment, but it will not include the Natives and Blacks who lived
>> in
>> Virginia."
>>
>> Anita, the web site that your article points to is the result of the
>> efforts
>> of a group of volunteer living historians called the Brigade of the
>> American
>> Revolution. It is not part of a National Park Service conspiracy.
>> Furthermore, the BAR has more than 100 member units...you have no idea
>> what
>> units will be there.
>>
>> I highly recommend looking into an event before writing articles
>> maligning
>> it, especially after I suggested that you contact them to propose a
>> program
>> or ceremony on the subject that you care so deeply about.
>>
>> EVERYONE who has served this country should be honored, regardless of
>> race.
>> We should also give non-profit organizations, like the Brigade of the
>> American Revolution, a little bit of leeway to fully flesh out an event
>> that
>> is over one year away.
>>
>> I'm glad to see that a link to your recent book is included in your
>> article.
>> I hope your media campaign helps you sell many copies of it.
>>
>>
>>
>> ____________________________________________
>> Capt. W. Scott Smith, Asst. Geographer
>> Dept. of the Geographer to the Army, 1777-1783
>> www.armygeographer.org
>> Brigade of the American Revolution
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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