'Safe'
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: Madison, WI from June 20-22 2008! Official website.
I think I'm eligible because someone back then DID fight (and for the Americans) but was never that interested in joining.
And my great-great-grandfather declined to fight on either side in the civil war. He's the one who died in a fight in a bar in New Orleans. (I'm assuming it wasn't the fighting per se he was against, just the organized war stuff.)
ETA--Aimee, we're Campbells too. My brother's name is Andrew Campbell {Last Name}, as a matter of fact. Cousin!
Cousin!
If I remember my Scottish history correctly, the Campbells are not so well liked for siding with Bonnie Prince Charlie in whatever Scottish/British war that was then with the Charlie and stuff.
Huh. Our ancestors may have crossed paths, as the Venters were originally Dutch mercenaries hired by Bonny Prince Charlie to aid in his war.
I knew it.
The Buffistas are all related.
they went to New Brunswick
Heh. I just finished re-reading
Oliver Wiswell.
the Campbells are not so well liked
In part because it was a Campbell in charge at the massacre at Glen Coe.
That, too.
Not a popular bunch are we.
BUT! We are the biggest clan so fie! Fie upon the lottaya!
There is also another high falutin club called The Mayflower Society. That Joe can join. Personally, I don't think it should count if your ancestor FELL OFF THE BOAT.
I need to hear this story.
Hec, JZ, and/or SA, could you let me know what is going on this afternoon, especially if I am supposed to be picking SA up somewhere? Thanks!
She's taking the CalTrain at the time you suggested (5:50ish?) and you should definitely collect her at your end of the line.
The Halloweenie will be eligible to joint the D.A.R. as Johan Schmeh fought in the Revolutionary War, reputedly being at Valley Forge that winter. (He was from Maryland so this seems possible.)
The Halloweenie will be eligible to joint the D.A.R. as Johan Schmeh fought in the Revolutionary War, reputedly being at Valley Forge that winter.
Well, shit. Here I was taking perverse pride in my family being one of the most non-Anglo white families ever, and now I've blown it.
This is the kind of thing you really should tell a girl before you knock her up.
I'm such a vain femme. I love this picture
Just me, or between the red smear and the look in her eyes in that shot, wouldn't juliana fit in neatly with Boxer Rebellion era Spike and Dru?
Not really here, back to lurking, errr, working.