A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

[MurphOnMillerAve]

GRAND ARMY BAND of GETTYSBURG at the 121ST NY MONUMENT.

Looking at their helmets I thought they were Germans.

They probably were. We had a lot of German immigrants in this country.

Indeed. I believe they have always been and continue to be the largest ethnicity in the USA.

[HONDO74]

GRAND ARMY BAND of GETTYSBURG at the 121ST NY MONUMENT.

Looking at their helmets I thought they were Germans.

They probably were. We had a lot of German immigrants in this country.

Good thing that George Washington defeated the Hessian auxiliaries garrisoned at Trenton NJ on December 26, 1776 or those dudes might be carrying German assault rifles instead of musical instruments.

And we might be marching with a goose step.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looking at their helmets I thought they were Germans.

They probably were. We had a lot of German immigrants in this country.

Good thing that George Washington defeated the Hessian auxiliaries garrisoned at Trenton NJ on December 26, 1776 or those dudes might be carrying German assault rifles instead of musical instruments.

And we might be marching with a goose step.

That was a very real fear during WWI

[rogruth]

Supposedly my family, Roush, original spelling Rausch and sometimes with an e on the end, was started in this country by two German mercenary brothers who came here to fight for the British but deserted and fought for the colonists. After the war they were paid with land in western Virginia near present day Point Pleasant, West Virginia and moved there with wives from the Berks County, Pennsylvania area.
I asked my grandfather whose family named Clark came from West Virginia if his family had any deserters or things like that. He said his great grand father was hung for being a horse thief.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

That's some real, pertinent personal sharing, Roger; nice of you to do so here.

[rex desilets]

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Indeed. I believe they have always been and continue to be the largest ethnicity in the USA.

Soon to be surpassed by people from south of the border, especially in Southern California.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

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Indeed. I believe they have always been and continue to be the largest ethnicity in the USA.

Soon to be surpassed by people from south of the border, especially in Southern California.

Thing change. Not so long ago folks were running about hands in the air that the country was being invaded by folks from SE Asia. We take everyone except the Irish!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

Some small changes in the park pictures.
I wonder which is older?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Some small changes in the park pictures.
I wonder which is older?

The real photo ones are almost certainly the older ones; colorized cards were later and oft times edited as well.

[J. S. Bach]

Some small changes in the park pictures.
I wonder which is older?

The real photo ones are almost certainly the older ones; colorized cards were later and oft times edited as well.

Plus the trolley in the colourized one appears to be a newer style closed car.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Wow. Breezy and full of natural light inside. And I'd bet the woodwork on the inside was spectacular, too; seems a happy place.

[rogruth]

Wow. Breezy and full of natural light inside. And I'd bet the woodwork on the inside was spectacular, too; seems a happy place.

You are probably right.
But it is most likely gone now.

I think that in my much younger days I may have thought the best use for old buildings was for tearing them down and building new modern things.
Now I think it is sad to do that unless the structure is beyond repair. Do you suppose my age has anything to do with my change in attitude?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Wow. Breezy and full of natural light inside. And I'd bet the woodwork on the inside was spectacular, too; seems a happy place.

You are probably right.
But it is most likely gone now.

I think that in my much younger days I may have thought the best use for old buildings was for tearing them down and building new modern things.
Now I think it is sad to do that unless the structure is beyond repair. Do you suppose my age has anything to do with my change in attitude?

"Age", for me, seems to have happened quicker than I expected.