New People Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 150 years ago on Thursday, 9 April, forces of the Army of Northern Virginia, led by General Robert E. Lee, surrendered to the Army of the Potamac, led by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. This effectively ended the American Civil War. This Tuesday, 150 years ago, will mark the night Abahram Lincoln attended the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater with his wife Mary Todd, Major Henry Rathbone, his wife Clara Harris. Shortly before the most famous line of the play, the famous actor John Wilkes Boothe crept into the viewing box and fired his Philadelphia deringer pistol. The President would die during the night, immortalized with the words of his Secretary of War Edwin Stanton "Now he belongs to the ages." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llamas Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 o7 Good topic, thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Soup Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Six years ago today, my middle finger was crushed in an accident making it impossible to bend my finger. Up to now I have been arrested and cautioned 173 times for making obscene gestures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fish in the sea Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Two days from now, it will be the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln being shot and the 103rd anniversary of the Titanic getting struck by the iceberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llamas Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Two days from now, it will be the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln being shot and the 103rd anniversary of the Titanic getting struck by the iceberg. And the day after that, it will be my birthday. And a handful of days after that, it will be Hitler's birthday. And there is lots of other terrible things that happened in April, particularly mid-April. So, my birthday sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nox Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Every day up until the end of 2018 will be the 100th anniversary of some event from World War One Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llamas Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Every day up until the end of 2018 will be the 100th anniversary of some event from World War One Indeed, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkesia Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Tomorrow is Tax Day in the US. Get those returns and extensions mailed! Elegarth and Llamas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nox Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I have a song related to tax day, but it's not exactly super appropriate so I'm not sure if I should post it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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