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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #210 on: August 20, 2018, 07:58:18 PM »
Don't worry, boys.  We're not off topic.

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« Reply #211 on: August 20, 2018, 08:32:49 PM »
Ah, Amana! I loved their food. and their wine.
Wine? As I recall some good, homestyle food places n antique stores.

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« Reply #212 on: August 20, 2018, 10:51:34 PM »
Wine? As I recall some good, homestyle food places n antique stores.

They have a few good wineries. Ackerman Winery has really delicious fruit wines. I'd take bottles of cherry, blackberry, and cranberry wines down to my family around holiday and a blend they call Lover's Blend, sweet red plum and tart cranberries. White Cross Cellars has some good red blends wines too. Those are the two wineries I'm familiar with. They do wine tours in Amana every year, I forget for which Amana event, for people to go from winery to winery tasting a bit from each.
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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #213 on: August 21, 2018, 09:09:08 AM »
Don't worry, boys.  We're not off topic.

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It's the shovel that makes them extra tasty!

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #214 on: August 21, 2018, 11:39:42 AM »
It's the shovel that makes them extra tasty!

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #215 on: August 21, 2018, 03:19:48 PM »
They have a few good wineries. Ackerman Winery has really delicious fruit wines. I'd take bottles of cherry, blackberry, and cranberry wines down to my family around holiday and a blend they call Lover's Blend, sweet red plum and tart cranberries. White Cross Cellars has some good red blends wines too. Those are the two wineries I'm familiar with. They do wine tours in Amana every year, I forget for which Amana event, for people to go from winery to winery tasting a bit from each.

For some reason I thought the Colonies were "Amish-like" and so booze would be verboten (I know they aren't Amish/Mennonite and think some kind of German Lutheran charismatic off-shoot.)

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #216 on: August 21, 2018, 04:03:21 PM »
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Quick, without looking it up, do you know who Jennie Wade was?

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I guessed wrong, myself.  I had thought that Jennie was taking in wounded Union soldiers, giving them medical care during the Battle of Gettysburg, kind of a Clara Barton type.  Anyway, the house is still there and you can take a tour of the place and see actual damage from the battle.   http://jennie-wade-house.com/

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« Reply #217 on: August 21, 2018, 04:14:45 PM »
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« Reply #218 on: August 21, 2018, 06:28:43 PM »

Quick, without looking it up, do you know who Jennie Wade was?


I did but I'm not normal........................      :'(

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« Reply #219 on: August 21, 2018, 07:01:04 PM »
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Quick, without looking it up, do you know who Jennie Wade was?

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I guessed wrong, myself.  I had thought that Jennie was taking in wounded Union soldiers, giving them medical care during the Battle of Gettysburg, kind of a Clara Barton type.  Anyway, the house is still there and you can take a tour of the place and see actual damage from the battle.   http://jennie-wade-house.com/

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I had to google her.. she is ghost??
https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/the-ghost-of-jennie-wade/

"One of the most “felt” ghosts of Gettysburg isn’t a soldier. It’s the ghost of a woman often called Jennie Wade. It’s said that her ghost comforts people who are scared or upset."



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« Reply #220 on: August 21, 2018, 08:22:48 PM »
I had to google her.. she is ghost??
https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/the-ghost-of-jennie-wade/

"One of the most “felt” ghosts of Gettysburg isn’t a soldier. It’s the ghost of a woman often called Jennie Wade. It’s said that her ghost comforts people who are scared or upset."


Nice sleuthing, Trixie.  Any idea what she is whispering in the vid?  I can't quite make it out.

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #221 on: August 22, 2018, 03:18:16 AM »
Nice sleuthing, Trixie.  Any idea what she is whispering in the vid?  I can't quite make it out.

I hear a whispery voice at the end, but can't make out what she's saying.. class  d evp.. :)

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« Reply #222 on: August 22, 2018, 02:31:43 PM »
I hear a whispery voice at the end, but can't make out what she's saying.. class  d evp.. :)

Sorry, Tootsie, I didn't mean to call you Trixie.  Sometimes getting old can be a real bitch.

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #223 on: August 22, 2018, 02:36:03 PM »
Here are a couple more pics and a postcard from the U.S.S. Huron's tour of the Philippines back in 1925 and 1926.

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #224 on: August 22, 2018, 02:40:50 PM »
Sorry, Tootsie, I didn't mean to call you Trixie.  Sometimes getting old can be a real bitch.

that's ok. Trixie is a cute name... :) :)