Here I am in the parlor of the McLean's house in Appomattox Court House, VA. It was on this site on April 9, 1865, that General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant. For all practical purposes, this ended the Civil War (War Between the States), and allowed the healing to begin. This site is so different from the battlefields, where many fallen solddiers were buried and/or monumnets were built in the years following the war.
Here I am with Betty and my very good friends Christine (left) and Christy. We were invited to Christy's house for a Labor Day party with her family and friends. Even Sami got to go and she managed to get into the swimming pool. We all had a great time catching up, since we had not seen Christy in over six years. She and her husband have two wonderful boys and enjoy life in northern Maryland. Christine and her husband and daughter had come from CA for the weekend. With these two young families as an example, I am not worried about the future of America.
Wow! I sure like all this chocolate. When we left Cape Cod, Cousin Jim drove us down to the Thousand Trails Preserve near Hershey, PA. We took a tour of the factory and stocked up on some of our favorite treats. I learned that had I not been adopted by Jim & Pat, I might have been able to attend the Milton Hershey School. The Hersheys had no children, so they established a school for orpahn boys. The school now is co-ed and enrolls students in need. The students live in homes on a beautiful campus and receive a great education.
I sure have gotten behind in my postings. Since I left Bar Harbor, Maine, I traveled to Rochester, MA. Rochester is near the Bourne Bridge and Cape Cod. We all met Kevin and Kelly Cooke and Kevin's parents for dinner in Mashpee. I just listened as Kevin and Jim talked about the "good old days" teaching together at Los Alamos High School.
