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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 10:04 PM
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John Brown was hanged 150 years ago, today.
"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood." A note handed to one of his jailers as he climbed on his coffin for the wagon ride to the gallows. Just a little prescient. No?
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Synicus Maximus Donating Member (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 10:20 PM
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1. Is he dead yet?
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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 10:22 PM
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2. John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave, Synicus.
But his soul keeps marching on.
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Bonhomme Richard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 10:35 PM
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3. Hanged? I thought he was at a pubic function and the........
floor gave way.
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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 10:38 PM
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4. And the truth goes marching on...
Right?
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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 10:40 PM
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5. Some good reading on the momentous occasion..
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/opinion/02reynolds.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=John%20Brown&st=cse
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/opinion/02horwitz.html?scp=3&sq=John%20Brown&st=cse

Enjoy. There will be a quiz.
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