Evadig’s Project 365

[Evadig]

Which battlefield?

Antietam Battlefield (17 Sept 1862). It is one of my favorite places in America.

 

[Evadig]

Night sky

 

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Christmas Tree

 

[AntiqueB]

How long do you leave your tree up for? We always left it up until the weekend after Jan 6th.

 

[Evadig]

How long do you leave your tree up for? We always left it up until the weekend after Jan 6th.

We leave ours up until at least February 2nd but more often it ends up staying till Ash Wednesday because no one wants to take it down.

 

[pollipazzi]

Antietam Battlefield (17 Sept 1862). It is one of my favorite places in America.

my great great grandfather lost his finger there

 

[Evadig]

my great great grandfather lost his finger there

Oh no! Did he fight in that battle?

 

[pollipazzi]

Oh no! Did he fight in that battle?

yes! he was at gettysburg too. survived, even. he was in an irish brigade. came over from county mayo ireland

 

[Evadig]

yes! he was at gettysburg too. survived, even. he was in an irish brigade. came over from county mayo ireland

Wow! I have been to Gettysburg too. There’s a monument to the Irish Brigade there.

That’s good he survived . What did he do after the war?

 

[pollipazzi]

Wow! I have been to Gettysburg too. There’s a monument to the Irish Brigade there.

That’s good he survived . What did he do after the war?

just worked in a shipyard. he lost two fingers on two different occasions, so i don't think he could do much.
a man i was in contact with told me that it was common to lose fingers when filling the gun (i am not really gun literate, sorry) but they had to poke the ball down with some kind of stick? so their hand would be up in the air and easily get shot.