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 Sunday, April 20, 2008

Nick and Abe

By Diana Hsieh @ 3:31 PM

Yesterday, Paul and I had the pleasure of lunching with Nick Provenzo of Rule of Reason, then walking and talking around DC with him for a few hours. The company was delightful and the weather was lovely, but the sights were a mixed bag.

I particularly wanted to visit the Lincoln Memorial, as I've grown to admire Lincoln intensely, despite some significant disagreements with his policies, in my study of the Civil War over the past few months. That was excellent, despite the throng of people. It's an absolutely fantastic statue of Lincoln.

We also visited the new World War Two Memorial. That was worse than I expected in its utter lack of meaning. Blech.

Happily, we also stopped by the statue of William Tecumseh Sherman near Lafayette Square. I'd also like to see the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, so that I can pay my respects to him. I should be able to do that tomorrow before I head home.

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Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 17:02:22 mst
Comment ID: #1
Name: Brian
E-mail: BFritts(at)lauth.net

Regarding Civil War figures, I highly recommend B.H. Liddell Hart's "Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American". It was written in 1929 and is available on Amazon in paperback. While I disagree with some of Hart's analysis, his work is top notch and very thought provoking. I came away with a lot of respect for Sherman's ability to understand the Southern psyche at the time and to devise a strategy to achieve total victory.

Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 17:19:55 mst
Comment ID: #2
Name: Nicholas Provenzo
E-mail: nprovenzo(at)capitalismcenter.org
URL: http://www.capitalismcenter.org

Hi Paul and Diana!

The pleasure was absolutely mine--it was a treat to finally meet you both and I look forward to seeing you again.

Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 19:39:27 mst
Comment ID: #3
Name: Jared Seehafer
E-mail: jared(at)seehafer.net

On the topic of paying respects, I recommend a visit to Arlington National Cemetery if you have the time.

Monday, April 21, 2008 at 4:34:56 mst
Comment ID: #4
Name: Billy Beck
E-mail: wjbiii(at)frontiernet.net
URL: http://www.two--four.net/weblog.php

I like the Vietnam Memorial in the middle of the night. It's quiet and the relative solitude really works for that one.

Also: the Albert Einstein statue directly across Constitution Avenue from the Vietnam Memorial.

Monday, April 21, 2008 at 7:50:04 mst
Comment ID: #5
Name: Adam
E-mail: amossoff(at)law.msu.edu

I visited the FDR memorial many years ago, and my reaction was that the darn memorial just goes on and on and on. It's never-ending: much like FDR's presidency!

I also kept wondering aloud, where was the part of the memorial about his failed court-packing proposal, which was an overt attempt at turning the Court into a pure political institution. I think they could have put in a nice statue of the "four horsemen," representing his use of this term in one of his fireside chats in attacking the four Justices who kept invalidating his unconstitutional fascist programs.

It's a bad memorial for an equally bad President.

Monday, April 21, 2008 at 11:26:50 mst
Comment ID: #6
Name: Sascha Settegast
E-mail: sascha.settegast(at)gmx.de
URL: http://heroicdreams.wordpress.com

The Lincoln statue was made by sculptor Daniel Chester French, if I remember correctly. Lee Sandstead has some nice material and photography of other great artworks by French online on his website, as well as equally beautiful works by French's student Evelyn Beatrice Longman. I admire both very much, as far as I know their works.

Monday, April 21, 2008 at 16:40:39 mst
Comment ID: #7
Name: Jim May
E-mail: seerak(at)gmail.com

FDR's "court packing proposal" was justified in his "fireside speech" on that topic, using the same sort of rhetoric used today by conservatives railing against so-called "judicial activism".

Monday, April 21, 2008 at 16:54:38 mst
Comment ID: #8
Name: Arwen
E-mail: arwen83(at)msn.com

Not a world war 2 memorial, but the Baltimore Holocaust memorial is probably one of the most disgusting and infuriating memorial I have ever seen: http://www.josephsheppard.com/holocaust/AboutMemorial.htm

I seriously hated living in Baltimore for the few months I was there.

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