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<blockquote data-quote="pickup" data-source="post: 550068"><p><strong>Re: what would you do</strong></p><p></p><p>You know , I learned a lot about robert e lee from dannyboy's postings. Good stuff. However, a song kept going through my head when the name of lee and virginia was mentioned. and I tracked it down. It turns out that a man by the name of Richard Henry Lee was the grand uncle of Robert E. Lee and he introduced, as a virginia rep of the second continental congress, the resolution for independency of the colonies from the english crown. Now, mind you, it was done by him because it wouldn't have gotten a hearing if it were introduced by anyone from the northern states. </p><p></p><p>this clip is from the film musical 1776. Lots of good songs and dialogue. I remember one fourth of july when I was I kid. I wanted to blow some fireworks off that day but it was raining cats and dogs. So at about 7 o clock that night, I was stuck inside flipping through the 7 channels of televison ( well, maybe 6, pbs didn't count for me when I was that age). I came across this movie from the start and was dreading watching it but there was nothing else to do and nothing else on. I thoroughly enjoyed it and throughout the years, found that many events and issues talked about in the movie were true. </p><p>I rewatched the movie at a much later date and took notes and researched the historical accuracies. Now mind you, I don't think the final vote was as dramatic as it was and while they used facts, the writers of the film did mix up their timelines of when these facts occurred in order to make the story telling tighter. </p><p></p><p>Well July 4th is coming around again. If it happens to be raining where you are on that day, I suggest you get your hands on it. If you like musicals, all the better but even if you don't ,if you are a fan of american history, the words in most of the songs present the issues that were going on at the time. Well acted and well written and well done.</p><p></p><p>Here is the clip, right after John Adams is telling Benjamin Franklin that he can't introduce a resolution for independency because the congress will vote against it because it was introduced by the most hated man in congress,himself. Franklin then tells him what if someone else did it and then introduces his "wild card " to adams. </p><p></p><p>Anyway enjoy or ignore: Richard henry lee portrayed by sexyupsman:</p><p></p><p>[video=youtube;I2Tiar8FqXU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Tiar8FqXU&feature=related[/video]</p><p></p><p>I guess after you watch this video, you could understand the connection of the Lees and virginia and why robert e lee fought on the side of the confederacy when virginia joined it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pickup, post: 550068"] [b]Re: what would you do[/b] You know , I learned a lot about robert e lee from dannyboy's postings. Good stuff. However, a song kept going through my head when the name of lee and virginia was mentioned. and I tracked it down. It turns out that a man by the name of Richard Henry Lee was the grand uncle of Robert E. Lee and he introduced, as a virginia rep of the second continental congress, the resolution for independency of the colonies from the english crown. Now, mind you, it was done by him because it wouldn't have gotten a hearing if it were introduced by anyone from the northern states. this clip is from the film musical 1776. Lots of good songs and dialogue. I remember one fourth of july when I was I kid. I wanted to blow some fireworks off that day but it was raining cats and dogs. So at about 7 o clock that night, I was stuck inside flipping through the 7 channels of televison ( well, maybe 6, pbs didn't count for me when I was that age). I came across this movie from the start and was dreading watching it but there was nothing else to do and nothing else on. I thoroughly enjoyed it and throughout the years, found that many events and issues talked about in the movie were true. I rewatched the movie at a much later date and took notes and researched the historical accuracies. Now mind you, I don't think the final vote was as dramatic as it was and while they used facts, the writers of the film did mix up their timelines of when these facts occurred in order to make the story telling tighter. Well July 4th is coming around again. If it happens to be raining where you are on that day, I suggest you get your hands on it. If you like musicals, all the better but even if you don't ,if you are a fan of american history, the words in most of the songs present the issues that were going on at the time. Well acted and well written and well done. Here is the clip, right after John Adams is telling Benjamin Franklin that he can't introduce a resolution for independency because the congress will vote against it because it was introduced by the most hated man in congress,himself. Franklin then tells him what if someone else did it and then introduces his "wild card " to adams. Anyway enjoy or ignore: Richard henry lee portrayed by sexyupsman: [video=youtube;I2Tiar8FqXU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Tiar8FqXU&feature=related[/video] I guess after you watch this video, you could understand the connection of the Lees and virginia and why robert e lee fought on the side of the confederacy when virginia joined it. [/QUOTE]
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