GDG- NPS & slavery

Tue Jan 3 21:22:45 CST 2012

Al- 

I hope I recognize your point.  I think I  do.

The problem is that I don't have a day or two or three to  write down all I 
know about the story - which does not come close to even  approaching 1% of 
the story of Arl Cem.

Plus it is now cold out and my wool socks need darning and my  cat always 
wants attention and to be petted.

Pet the cat...

Or write about Arl Cem.

It is a conumdrum.

What do you want to know?

Go online- I doubt that you could read all of it before  springtime and you 
would know it more than me in my 20 years of wanderin around  in there.

Very quickly for you-  G Wash, partly thru his military  service, cooling 
w/ Lord Fairfax owned most of Nor Va.  W/ the exception  of Alexandria 
Arlington Cnty was his.  He actually owned much of W VA  and Ohio.

He died. 1799.  Gave 3 parcels of land to his 2 adopted  grand daughters 
and grandson.  I think Arl was some 300 acres.

I think her name was Nelly and she got what is now Tudor Place  in Gtown.  
Married into the Peter family and watched the Cap and W House  burn from the 
home.  The other g-d got Woodlawn where there is a  famous Frank Lloyd 
Wright home that I have never seen.

George Washington Parke Custis, son of John Custis who  died of "camp 
fever" in Yorktown during the siege of the Brits, built Arl  House- later 
Mansion- as the first memorial to G Wash.  Built the N  1/3 first,  The S sect was 
his art studio.  Finally he built the  famous center corridor common in 
plantation homes to keep them  cool.

I forget the # of slaves he had when he died.   ...180?  It's on Wiki.

If you want to pay me  some $20-$50 an hour I will go  thru old sources and 
double check everything I would tell you so I have  the facts  at my finger 
tips as best as I can  confirm.  I would take anywhere from a couple of 
days to nearly a week if  you have the time and stamina for it.  If you want to 
pay me for my time  and research it might be a good week if you can afford 
it.

If you want to focus on the Civil War in the Cem plan on a day  at least as 
there is more than enough to cover in that  time.       

Make you a deal, Al.  I'll meet you at noon at the Arl  V.C. and take you 
out til the close of the Cem at 5-7ish & you buy me a  pitcher of Yuengling 
and a bowl of chili at Harrys Saloon on E ST

That will work.  I like Arl.Cem.

Your  Most Obedient Servant,
Peter  

In a message dated 1/3/2012 9:06:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
ATMackeyJr at aol.com writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member Contributes:
I think it's more important for you to answer,  though, Peter.

Best Regards,
Al Mackey

In a message dated  1/3/2012 8:32:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
CWMHTours at aol.com  writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member Contributes:
Al-

You can  always Wiki Arl. Cem.   

Your  Most Obedient  Servant,
Peter   

In a message dated 1/3/2012 8:09:56  P.M. Eastern Standard  Time,  
ATMackeyJr at aol.com  writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member  Contributes:
How many there  as a result of the Civil War--a war  that  came about due 
to  

slavery?  I seem to recall a history of   Arlington  before it was a  
cemetery. 
I wonder who lived    there?

Best Regards,
Al Mackey

In a message  dated   1/2/2012 10:14:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,    
CWMHTours at aol.com  writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member   Contributes:
So over 1/4 million  people buried in Arlington  and   the big  story is 
about   
slavery?

Give me a   break.

Your  Most  Obedient  Servant,
Peter   

In  a message  dated 1/2/2012 8:49:48  P.M. Eastern  Standard Time,    
stueypark at hotmail.com   writes:

Esteemed  GDG  Member  Contributes:

If   Gettysburg shouldn't have  information about   slavery we might  want  
to 
get  all that pesky context out of other  National   Parks  too.  Who goes 
to 
Independence Hall to learn about    taxation? who goes  to  Fort McHenry to 
learn 
about   impressment? Who  goes to  Fort Sumter to learn  about   secession? 

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