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Famed Civil War Statues: Visit Before Vandalized


We’re all aware of the current angry trend of tearing down statues, especially those of Confederate generals. Many that have stood the test of time for more than 150 years will end up as piles of rocks due to politically-correct rioters.

Consider visiting these while still standing, if they actually survive the current destruction craze:
National Statuary Hall, Capitol Hill, Washington DC: 100 statues, 12 of them Confederates.
J.E.B. Stuart, Richmond VA
Robert E. Lee, New Orleans LA
Stonewall Jackson and Lee Statues, Baltimore MD
Stone Mountain Memorial, Georgia: The massive carving on the mountainside will require lots of angry axes to destroy.
Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC: Already hit by spray paint. Hey, rioters. Abe was one of your good guys.

Finally, let’s consider a memorial poem about the Gettysburg Cemetery. The sad words by Francis Finch are typical of how most Americans feel about the terrible sacrifices on both sides during the Civil War:
No more shall the war cry sever,
Or the winding rivers be red;
They banish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves of our dead!
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day,
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for the Gray.

Hollywood CA: Chinese Theater Celebrates 90 Years PDF Print E-mail


On May 18, 1927, Sid Grauman opened his Asian-designed movie theater. It was the same year the first talking picture, "The Jazz Singer" ended the silent film era.

Since then many famous premieres and other events have taken place at the historic spot. A favorite of tourists, the front sidewalk, the Forecourt of the Stars, has the permanent foot and hand prints of Jean Harlow, Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Clark Gable and many others.

When your roaming takes you to Hollywood Boulevard, be sure to make Grauman’s one of your stops to smile and selfie.  www.tclchinesetheatres.com

 
 
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