Craig,
Enjoyed your note about St. Louis and the fact that you are conducting an
interview there. Yes, the Arch there (been there twice) in honor of Lewis &
Clark is very impressive as is the museum.
By "conducting an interview" I am assuming you to be a writer or other media
personality. As a proud Virginian, may I highly suggest you inform the
public of a great injustice being heaped upon Mr. Jefferson, another loyal
Virginian.
Suggestion: There is a tremendous story of deceit awaiting any author about
the mishandling of the Jefferson-Hemings DNA Study and I could point that
person in the right direction to dispel the notation that TJ fathered
Sally's children. If interested please e-mail me.
Herb Barger
Jefferson Family Historian
www.tjheritage.org
www.jeffersondna.com
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Craig Kilby
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 12:01 AM
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Subject: [VA-HIST] St. Louis
Fred:
I had to laugh, cry and sob all at one time when I saw your signature
that said "Fred, St. Louis".
To me, that moniker said it all.
I now live in Virginia and have long wanted to host a party where
people had to put a pin on map showing where St. Louis is. I want to
take parlour bets on this one. I don't think one in one hundred
people in Virginia even have clue where, much less what, St. Louis is
to American history. I think most of them would put it somewhere in
Louisiana, assuming they even know where that is. Or sometimes they
put in Colorado, or Minnesota.
Mississippi River? "Oh, that thing out there somewhere."
Lewis & Clark? "Who?"
Louisiana Purchase? "What?"
Napoleon? "Is that a new fur coat?"
This is all very amusing. I miss St. Louis. I guess this is a bit
poigent today for me because I had lunch with an old friend who also
lived in St. Louis, though I did not know her then. She loved it
there. I am going back in July to conduct an interview that I hope
will become a very good article.
I really, really love Virginia and Virginians, and I am glad to be a
taxpaying member of the "Virginia is for Lovers" state ( I have yet
to see that side of the slogan). But by golly, they have much to
learn about elsewhere.
Craig
On Feb 27, 2009, at 4:33 PM, John Frederick Fausz wrote:
> Whether she told "lies" or employed "imaginative fabrications"--
> a methodology that one esteemed reviewer called "outrageous"--
> that author has discredited the historical profession and revealed
> the sham of commercial publishing and the once-credible National
> Book Award. That so few have criticized one of the worst-titled and
> least reliable books of "history"--which sadly beat out a fabulous
> book by the president of Harvard--is a sad commentary on our
> times and the clearest signal yet that factually-accurate research
> and writing are DEAD in this country. More hype and hyprocrisy
> of a celebrity culture to match our dismal economy and disastrous
> politics!
>
> Fred Fausz
> St. Louis
>
>
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