The Other "Stonewall"

[Pvt Schnapps]

Forty years ago in NYC:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots

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"The Cleburne" could have been a more fitting name.

[Pvt Schnapps]

Scott, I was hoping you could illustrate it with plastic figures -- the Wiki article makes it sound like Gettysburg! :)

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I heard an account of the "battle" on the radio. Tactically it was more like a shoving match trying to get a large gay woman into a police car. The point was that the gays refused to be hassled by the cops collecting their shake-down money from the mob owned club.

Kind of like Lexington Green.

Could be a good opening on a discussion of gays in the military but not "here."

[Pvt Schnapps]

I heard an account of the "battle" on the radio. Tactically it was more like a shoving match trying to get a large gay woman into a police car. The point was that the gays refused to be hassled by the cops collecting their shake-down money from the mob owned club.

Kind of like Lexington Green.

Could be a good opening on a discussion of gays in the military but not "here."

You're absolutely right. Unless, of course, I steer the discussion toward von Steuben, who was a great influence on the training regimen that produced figures like T. J. Jackson, which sort of pushes us full circle, or half mobius strip, to a semblance of relevance.

Still, think of http://www.ats-uk.net/image.php?image=http://www.ats-uk.net/cdata/1373/img/1373_554211.jpg&sCaption=-NaN- vs. http://www.ats-uk.net/image.php?image=http://www.ats-uk.net/cdata/1373/img/1373_1035006.jpg&sCaption=-NaN-

[plankmaker]

here I thought this was gonna be about that other General Jackson, Mudwall. What a let down.

Mark Campbell
Piney Flats, TN

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Good thing General Bee wasn't thinking of a Brick S***house at 1st Mannassas. Good 'ol Stonewall.

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Hey Neat! I might get that cop figure for my brother.

[plankmaker]

Well, there is this Stonewall too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ6C8LMhcWQ

Mark Campbell
Piney Flats, TN

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Who can forget Bullwinkle's Corner with his reading of "Barbara Frietchie".

"It's Stonewall Boris! Hi You all!"