*sssshhh!* I can't mention this outloud in Richmond....but.... 143 years ago today

[underpants]

On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/index.html

[Red Zelda]

1. Tell them we should have hanged that traitor

by his balls. Then shot his horse for good measure.

[mitchum]

9. But...but...but...he was just following orders!

[trotsky]

2. Hard to believe Boss Hogg actually won.

[underpants]

4. Ha!

On the Saturday before Easter I saw the exact replica of that twice on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Roanoke.

He never did honk his horn though. :grr:

[commander bunnypants]

6. Been their

a fine red fest

CB

[daa]

7. Cooter has his shop over there

That is where he retired to.

[underpants]

12. Former Congressman Ben Jones

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jones_(US)

[commander bunnypants]

3. Its over?

Who'd thunk it

Yee haw

Actually on my way home I pass a house flying the flag. It is so weathered the red is now pink. Hillarious

CB

[underpants]

5. Why I say we should build us a monument to all our FINE monuments

remembaaahring that fine fine war

harrumph!

[Life Long Dem]

8. Unions are not on my mind. It's the whole GE page on my mind.

:shrug:

[Buzz Clik]

10. Surrender monkeys.

[sampsonblk]

11. Appomattox is a great trip if any of you get a chance to go

Its worth the time.