And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Chancellorsville, Va. The rest of the General is buried over 100 miles away in Lexington, Va.
Upon hearing about General Jackson's injury, General Lee said, "Jackson has lost his left arm, but I have lost my right."
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A few books are available with collected quotes of Marse Robert. Man was a deep thinker or was it just men of his time.
DeleteIn the 1920s during training maneuvers, USMC general Smedley Butler dug up Jackson’s arm just to have a look.
ReplyDelete“Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.” -TJJ
ReplyDeleteGiven what's happened in the last couple of years, even odds the arm is now sporting an extended middle finger.
ReplyDeletethe rest is at the Shrine, IIRC
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