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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 993685, member: 19065"]<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/users/26030/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/users/26030/"><b>WingedLiberty:</b></a></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000">Very cool post. Of course we <i>love</i> that note! Lee's mansion sits on a greater parcel of property he owned and which was seized near the end of the Civil War, to become <a href="http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/" rel="nofollow">Arlington National Cemetery</a>. They buried the dead in Lee's front yard! The first to be buried as in May 1864, even though the end of the conflict wasn't until April 1865 (or June of that year with the last shot story). You can see period images and the view from the tombstones looking back at Lee's mansion <a href="http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/arlhouse.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/arlhouse.htm" rel="nofollow"><b>here.</b></a></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Also your post pointing out the view on currency reminded me of my submission to a recent CT contest held by <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/users/16269/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/users/16269/"><b>ikandiggit</b></a>. I dropped in <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t124286-2/#post980681" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t124286-2/#post980681">Google street view scenes on the backs of modern US notes</a>.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 993685, member: 19065"][LEFT][COLOR=#000000][LEFT][COLOR=#000000][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/users/26030/"][B]WingedLiberty:[/B][/URL] Very cool post. Of course we [I]love[/I] that note! Lee's mansion sits on a greater parcel of property he owned and which was seized near the end of the Civil War, to become [URL="http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/"]Arlington National Cemetery[/URL]. They buried the dead in Lee's front yard! The first to be buried as in May 1864, even though the end of the conflict wasn't until April 1865 (or June of that year with the last shot story). You can see period images and the view from the tombstones looking back at Lee's mansion [URL="http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/arlhouse.htm"][B]here.[/B][/URL] [/COLOR][/LEFT] Also your post pointing out the view on currency reminded me of my submission to a recent CT contest held by [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/users/16269/"][B]ikandiggit[/B][/URL]. I dropped in [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/t124286-2/#post980681"]Google street view scenes on the backs of modern US notes[/URL]. [/COLOR][/LEFT][/QUOTE]
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