David-- Do you recall who floated that idea--and where and when and so on? It would not surprise me overly if some conservative Americans broached the notion--but I am curious to the particular context. Thanks! Kevin ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:14:08 -0400 >From: David Kiracofe <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: New Subject >To: [log in to unmask] > >And if the consensus choice for the first American monarch was George Washington, his lack of offspring would have made resolving the succession a question of some importance. > >As to the universal rejection of monarchy, however, wasn't the idea floated of inviting some European princeling -- German of some sort I think -- to become the monarch? Attempting to elevate a commoner to monarchy --even an admired commoner like GW -- was not exactly going to inspire the kind of stability and order that conservative monocrats would seek by having a monarchy in the first place. > >Just two cents worth for the pot. > >David Kiracofe > > > >David Kiracofe >History >Tidewater Community College >Chesapeake Campus >1428 Cedar Road >Chesapeake, Virginia 23322 >757-822-5136 > >______________________________________ >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at >http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html Kevin R. Hardwick, Ph.D. Department of History James Madison University ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html