The experience of the war-torn northern Shenandoah Valley
The three-year period in Jefferson County, Va. encompasses the John Brown raid, trial and their executions; followed by tumultuous debates and the secession of Virginia; then the revolt to that by western Virginia; explosions at Harper’s Ferry; massive armies; vast railroad destruction and regular conflict; emptied cupboards; thousands of African-Americans converging on the “freedom land” [...]
With images added: VIDEO: “Hard Times Come Again No More!” performed by Terry Tucker Click Here. TRT: 2:42. Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count its many tears, while we all sup sorrow with the poor. There’s a song that will linger forever in our ears: “Oh! hard times, come again no more.” ‘Tis [...]
From The Bower to “Gone With the Wind” by Jim Surkamp Click Here. TRT: 14:22. What began at the The Bower in Virginia in 1832 turned, in a century, into “Plantation Tara” and its tragic state in the movie, “Gone With The Wind,” immortal in a million imaginations, where “tomorrow is another day.” The plantation [...]
FOODWAYS IN THE CIVIL WAR VIDEO: West African Cooking in Old Virginia (captioned) by Jim Surkamp. Click Here. TRT: 14:36. VIDEO: Hardtack, Weevils, and T’Other Enemies (captioned) by Jim Surkamp. Click Here. TRT: 15:13. VIDEO: Frank Vizetelly – “This Englishman Can’t Cook” (captioned) by Jim Surkamp. Click Here. TRT: 8:35 flickr set: Click Here. 1. [...]
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