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Subject:	Re: VA-HIST Digest - 18 Feb 2002 to 19 Feb 2002 (#2002-38)
From:	David Kiracofe <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	David Kiracofe <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 21 Feb 2002 08:55:55 -0400
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Maryland, O, Maryland!

In Mount Solon, VIRGINIA, every summer there is a "jousting" tournament
-- riders race around a track and spear little rings.  Very exciting.  My
grandfather won it back in 1925 and my grandmother was crowned "queen of
love and beauty."

David Kiracofe

On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:35:13 -0500 John Shroeder wrote:

> > Designating space as sacred was also part of the romantic impulse -- the
> > same impulse that manifested itself in the "cult of southern chivalry"
> > (complete with jousting) --
>
> +++++++Still, so far as I know, the official state sport of Maryland.
> John
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David Kiracofe

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