Martin, I think this is an insightful take on current American politics and culture. Kind of like an inverse Alexis de Tocqueville take on America. So much of what we see now is shallow, superficial, with much of our past knowledge lost to all of us. Americans in the 1700s and 1800s were much smarter and more aware of what creates and sustains America than we are now. I pray we can recover enough of that to renew ourselves and our country.
Enjoyed the pictures!!! To each his own!! ;-) Am reading Michael Burlingame's "Abraham Lincoln: A Life". He does a great job in giving us a flavor of life during that time period!! If you want a sense of the atmosphere during that time, this is your book!! It seems certain people are born to fulfill a certain role during this lifetime!! Thanks, Martin, for filling out what you came here to do!!!
Martin .. did you happen to go inside the Parthenon and see the 20-30 something foot tall very ornate Isis (or 'Athena' whatever) statue?
Was 'funny' too when I lived there how often Clinton and 'W' Bush made very low key side trip visits to Nashville that seemed always to include reported (locally only) visits to the Parthenon for some private event or other.
Martin, I think this is an insightful take on current American politics and culture. Kind of like an inverse Alexis de Tocqueville take on America. So much of what we see now is shallow, superficial, with much of our past knowledge lost to all of us. Americans in the 1700s and 1800s were much smarter and more aware of what creates and sustains America than we are now. I pray we can recover enough of that to renew ourselves and our country.
Enjoyed the pictures!!! To each his own!! ;-) Am reading Michael Burlingame's "Abraham Lincoln: A Life". He does a great job in giving us a flavor of life during that time period!! If you want a sense of the atmosphere during that time, this is your book!! It seems certain people are born to fulfill a certain role during this lifetime!! Thanks, Martin, for filling out what you came here to do!!!
Martin .. did you happen to go inside the Parthenon and see the 20-30 something foot tall very ornate Isis (or 'Athena' whatever) statue?
Was 'funny' too when I lived there how often Clinton and 'W' Bush made very low key side trip visits to Nashville that seemed always to include reported (locally only) visits to the Parthenon for some private event or other.