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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Stonewall Jackson Gravesite



Notice all the lemons tossed in? Supposedly Jackson thought of lemons as a "rare treat ... enjoyed greatly whenever it could be obtained from the enemy's camp" (From Wikipedia. I didn't come prepared with lemons so we didn't leave a lemon this time.

11 comments:

  1. Now that's an unusual thing to leave! Nice shot Tanya.

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  2. Hi Tanya! Thanks for stopping by my blog & commenting

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  3. Hi Tricia, it's been ages since I've stopped by...I've been a bad blogging buddy lately!

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  4. Neat statue, maybe they should have given him a sour look on his face to go with the lemons.

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  5. Nice looking tribute to good ole' Stonewall. Never knew that he liked lemons in that manner. I've learned something new again!

    Good Post, Tanya. Keep up the interesting work.

    Les

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  6. I wonder if the gardeners have to go in periodically and pull up little lemon tree saplings.

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  7. I didn't know that. Very interesting! Will make sure to bring a lemon when we're there next summer. :)

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  8. Lemons Huh. Thrown with affection I hope? - Dave

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