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Gettysburg Day 1 – Passing Into Legend And History With The Iron Brigade
Ironically, our march along Seminary Ridge took us past the primary Confederate monuments. Our first stop was at the North Carolina monument, which is a real work of art. We were ordered – “If you have water, drink it.” I wisely had brought three bottles. The Park historians mainly told us the stories of individual men like Burlington Cunningham, a color bearer in the 19th Indiana. Being a color bearer was a critical and extremely dangerous role, since the colors were what allowed men to orient themselves to their units in the smoke and confusion of battle.
We marched past the Seminary and up onto McPherson’s Ridge, where the Brigade went into action. They needed to hold the ground for as long as possible to allow the rest of the Army of the Potomac to occupy the high ground south of the town. Although the brigade would continue to exist after Gettysburg, the Park historians called this its last march, because it would never be the same as the brigade that started out in the morning. We marched in the footsteps of 1,883 men. At the end of the battle, only 691 would be left.
Gettysburg Day 1 – First Shot – Where Fate Meets History
July 1, 2013 My covivant and I rose early this morning, because I wanted to be there for the first shot. The site of the first shot is the Ephraim Wisler Home on...
Hopes of Our Country Were on Our Bayonets – Gettysburg Day 0
Probably the most fascinating guys at the event were a couple of federal employees. Mitchell Yockelson is an Investigative Archivist for the Office of the Inspector General of the National Archives. The other fellow is a special agent, who preferred to keep a low profile. Apparently there are a lot of documents floating around that really belong in the National Archives and these guys are charged with hunting them down. Maybe that will make another post.
Gettysburg Braces For Invasion
Originally published on forbes.com on June 30, 2013. By following these post's you will be able to experience last year's Gettysburg Sesquicentennial in real time....
If Money Comes Out Of Plan Somebody Has To Pay
If the money was coming out of the retirement account, either he or his wife was going to be taxable on it. What was the point of doing a QDRO to transfer the account to him, only to have him withdraw it and turn it over ?
DOMA Decision May Affect Civil Unions
The assumption is that the Windsor decision only applies to same-sex couples who are married, not couples who are in civil unions. There is, however, at least a hint that this might not be the case. In 2011, the IRS responded to a letter asking for advice on the filing status of an opposite sex couple that were united in a civil union.
DOMA Unconstitutional – Scalia Unhappy – Let’s Get Practical
DOMA’s principal effect is to identify and make unequal a subset of state-sanctioned marriages. It contrives to deprive some couples married under the laws of their State, but not others, of both rights and responsibilities, creating two contradictory marriage regimes within the same State. It also forces same-sex couples to live as married for the purpose of state law but unmarried for the purpose of federal law, thus diminishing the stability and predictability of basic personal relations the State has found it proper to acknowledge and protect.
Tea Party Patriots Do Some Splainin
TPP Inc is not some sort of dark money operation given that it made its way to $20,0000,000 forty dollars at a time. It is also clear that TPP Inc is expressive of a certain strain of grassroots sentiment. Obamacare is one big grievance and immigration is another. I find the passion about Obamacare puzzling as it does not extend to Medicare. We don’t want a cradle to grave welfare state, but 65 to grave is OK ? At 61, I’m almost to the promised land myself and maybe then I too will want to keep the government out of my Medicare.
Enrolled Agents Deserve More Respect
If you get audited, though, there are a limited number of people who can represent you before the IRS. In principle, it is a large number – in the 2,000,000 range. In practice, most of the roughly 1.2 million attorneys and roughly 650,000 CPAs who, in principle, could represent you at an audit are really not qualified. Especially some of the attorneys. Just kidding. On a percentage basis, you will do better with the almost 50,000 enrolled agents. Enrolled Agents earn the designation by passing an exam administered by the IRS.
Day 46 Of Tea Party Patriots Scandal
Hi. This is Brenda calling with an action alert from the Tea Party Patriots. Well Larry, I know you are busy so I will get right to the point. This election is our last chance to stop Obamacare and stop our country from becoming a cradle-to-grave welfare state. Right now wear just $50,000 short of the amount we need to finish our door-to-door voter outreach and carry out our plan to stop left-wing voter fraud.