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Things I learned about the CIVIL WAR:
Confederate General Joseph Johnston was shot in the shoulder, but refused to let his men carry him off the field until they retrieved his sword. His Father had used the same blade in the Revolutionary War. Johnston would rather have died than leave it behind.
Before the war, Union General George McClellan and Confederate General Powell Hill courted the same woman. Happily, George McClellan was the one who married her. A few soldiers thought that event made Hill fight harder against the Union.
The insignia for infantry was a looped horn.
The insignia for cavalry was crossed swords.
The insignia for artillery was crossed cannons.
The insignia for ordnance was a shell and flames.
The insignia for engineers was a castle.
Regards to: The Civil War for Kids, by Janis Herbert.
Yesterday my bro and I borrowed Backyard Baseball from the library. It rocks, I love how much control you have over the game. I really like how you can choose players positions, and how you can choose who bats first. Another thing I like about it is the un-lockables, they give you a goal to shoot for. Rating: 8 1/2
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Three years ago we rode Lufthansa to Rome, the price was lower than Delta and guess what!? They had individual screens on the backs of all the headrests and you could actually choose what you wanted to watch (including the economy sections). This year we were riding Delta, (which was more expensive)and there was only one screen every 5 rows or so. And also you can’t choose what you want to watch, so I was somewhat irritated at finding that some of the things they were showing were inappropriate for kids. In short I am quite dissapointed with Delta. My analysis? Go with Lufthansa whenever you can.
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Snowflake Bentley’s real name was Wilson A. Bentley. Instead of playing with snow he preferred drawing and studying the snowflakes. Unfortunately the snowflakes always melted before he could draw them. Then one day he saw a camera with it’s own microscope in a magazine. Then one day his parents bought him the camera. Finally he could share what he saw with the world. But the first winter he had no luck. So he tried again next year, he finally figured out how to do it. When he was 66 he published his book, Snow Crystals, which was full of his best pictures. Sadly he died of pneumonia in 1931 after walking home six miles in a blizzard. A monument was built in the center of town for him, forty years after his death the children in his village worked to set up a museum in his honor.
