tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post4570333473285546576..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: Taking Back Thomas JeffersonBrock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-4857707710415627952017-01-11T02:35:02.769-05:002017-01-11T02:35:02.769-05:00Can't go wrong with originals.Can't go wrong with originals.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-11828726976173006662017-01-11T02:29:55.171-05:002017-01-11T02:29:55.171-05:00Thanks.Thanks.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-89510765050560817902017-01-10T13:25:58.011-05:002017-01-10T13:25:58.011-05:00I was a junior in high school but I was taking AP ...I was a junior in high school but I was taking AP history. circa 1972. I did not do well.Avraham https://www.blogger.com/profile/07822433921393627746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-66163387257742333242017-01-10T12:16:42.226-05:002017-01-10T12:16:42.226-05:00I was learning US history in around 1971 or 1972. ...I was learning US history in around 1971 or 1972. We did Andrew Jackson and I do recall that there was criticism on him but mainly the history course consisted of reading original documents from all different periods of US history. There simply was very little room to revise anything since we ha to read the original sources. Avraham https://www.blogger.com/profile/07822433921393627746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-32646726553027152072017-01-10T10:01:51.163-05:002017-01-10T10:01:51.163-05:00Yes, but I had a test done for a daughter and it w...Yes, but I had a test done for a daughter and it was quite interesting.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-85817376602041082122017-01-10T09:44:47.220-05:002017-01-10T09:44:47.220-05:00Even the "it was his brother" is wishful...Even the "it was his brother" is wishful thinking. The advocates claim they have DNA evidence. But DNA isn't a magic wand. It is based on a lot of assumptions. Demonstrating similarity does not prove connection.genericviewshttp://genericviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-69676474506121356972017-01-10T07:07:21.201-05:002017-01-10T07:07:21.201-05:00Actually I was not aware of the trashing of Confed...Actually I was not aware of the trashing of Confederate heroes either. The trashing of the founding fathers and Confederate heroes I think started around the same period after I left California to learn in NY. However I admit that the Confederacy received less attention in my US History classes than it deserved.Avraham https://www.blogger.com/profile/07822433921393627746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-14339331049408855892017-01-10T03:23:39.469-05:002017-01-10T03:23:39.469-05:00Before computers and when I lived in CA, I hired a...Before computers and when I lived in CA, I hired a NC lady to research the body servant of my g uncle, Needham Leach forward and she found the present day descendants of Needham! One of them lived close to me in CA and the others are still in Pittsboro. <br />We've visited often and met my black Aunt Dixie who was named after my Great Aunt Dixie and a Cousin Dixie who is still alive and kicking in Pittsboro. I could not have been any happier. This was on my mothers side so I couldn't use my DNA and I could not get a male to do it on the Leach side. The reason I wanted this done so much was:<br /><br />1. There was no slave listed in the 1860 census of Needham's age.<br />2. My gg grandfather would not have sent his eldest son off to war with a new, untested slave.<br />3. Needham is mentioned many times in letters home and he traveled back and forth between Virginia and NC obtaining provisions for my great uncle and grandfather.<br />4. He walked home from Appomattox with my great grandfather.<br />5. When he was married some years later, my gg grandfather traveled a long way to be a witness at his wedding.<br />http://www.namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=94&highlight=appomattoxBrock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-30459073440475522132017-01-10T02:31:12.785-05:002017-01-10T02:31:12.785-05:00The last I heard they believe it was his brother t...The last I heard they believe it was his brother though whatever the truth it bothers me not one iota. I believe this has happened in my family also but so far have been unable to prove it.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-27322233997240350772017-01-10T02:23:24.081-05:002017-01-10T02:23:24.081-05:00Bring back dueling.Bring back dueling.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-13290307668722780952017-01-10T02:21:04.718-05:002017-01-10T02:21:04.718-05:00All were warned that after assaulting all things C...All were warned that after assaulting all things Confederate, they would go after the Founders.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-12984446135377665242017-01-09T15:15:53.400-05:002017-01-09T15:15:53.400-05:00I am glad I learned history before it became impor...I am glad I learned history before it became important to tear don American herosAvraham https://www.blogger.com/profile/07822433921393627746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-45845551891470208792017-01-09T14:00:40.356-05:002017-01-09T14:00:40.356-05:00It was a narrative designed by Frankfort school Ma...It was a narrative designed by Frankfort school Marxists to disparage the reputation of the founding fathers. It seems to be a full time job of the journalists and educators to dismiss a unique group of men who put together a well functioning republic...now if we can keep it. indyjoneouthereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-18169467020708289832017-01-09T11:22:23.884-05:002017-01-09T11:22:23.884-05:00i have always been suspicious about these claims. ...i have always been suspicious about these claims. When someone makes a claim 100 years or more after the fact or a claim for which there is no evidence, suspicion is the correct course of action.genericviewshttp://genericviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com