Battle of Longwoods Re-enactment-- Part 2

The weekend will include:

**  Tactical and artillery demonstrations, including a afternoon battle.

**  Period music.

**  A military medicine presentation, demonstrating procedures available in 1812.

**  Tours of a historical military encampment.

**  Mini militia offering children a taste of life as a 19th-century soldier, including simple arms drill and marching.

**  Children's games and rope making.

**  Merchants and artisans selling items.

**  Self-guided tours of Ska-Nah-Doht Village and conservation area nature trails.

**  Food for sale by local service club members.

--Brock-Perry

Theodosia Burr and Philip Hamilton-- Part 2: Dear Theodosia" / "Oh Phillip"

Like I said in the last post, I did not know Theodosia was one of the characters in the play.

Here are some lyrics from the song "Dear Theodosia" from the musical Hamilton.

The first are sung by Aaron Burr to his daughter Theodosia:

"Dear Theodosia, what to say to you?
You have my eyes
You have your mother's name.

When you came into the world, you cried and it broke my heart."

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These words are sung to Philip by his father, Alexander Hamilton:

"Oh Philip when you smile I am undone
My son
Look at my son
Pride is not the word I am looking for.

There is so much more inside me now.

Fatherly Love.  --Cooter

Theodosia Burr and Philip Hamilton, the Children-- Part 1

From the July 11, 2016, Mental Floss "8 facts about Theodosia Burr Alston" by Chloe Arnold.

I was unaware until just now about the connection of the name Theodosia to the popular play "Hamilton."  Well, I didn't see it, so that's my excuse.  In the play, Aaron Burr sings "Dear Theodosia" to his daughter Theodosia and Alexander Hamilton to his son Philip.

It is song 22 in Act One.

Philip died in a duel in 1801 and Theodosia was lost at sea in 1813.  He was 19 when he died and she was 33.

So, a Hamilton Connection as Well.  --CootHam

Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, NY-- Part 2: The Founder of National Weather Service

Some more notable burials in the cemetery:

Brigadier General Albert Myer--  Founder of the National Weather Service

Ely Parker--  Civil War aide to General Grant.

Rick James--  musician

Barbara Franklin--  Mother of Aretha Franklin

War of 1812 Veterans:  Stephen Champlin, Navy officer and Joseph Willcocks

George M. Pierce--  Pierce-Arrow Automobiles.

Civil War Veterans:  Thomas A. Budd, Navy and Daniel Bidwell, Army

Some Interesting People.  --Brock-Perry

Remembering 9/11 in 2015

Today is the 14th anniversary of those horrible airline crashes.  It was a beautiful day here in the Chicagoland area.

This will be the subject of all my blogs today.

One song that always brings me back to that day, and gets my patriotism boiling is Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)"  Especially the part about the boot.  I wanted instant retaliation that day, I can tell you that.

From Wikipedia.

The song was written in late 2001 and inspired by the death of Toby Keith's father and 9/11.  Released in May 2002 as the lead single from his album "Unleashed."

It topped the Billboard Hot Country and Tracks chart and even reached #25 on the Hot 100 chart of pop songs, his highest chart spot ever on it.

Continued on my Tattooed On Your Soul World War II blog.

Lyrics to Johnny Horton's "Battle of New Orleans"-- Part 1

Arranged by J. Driftwood, sung by Johnny Horton.  Hit #1 on the Billboard pop charts April 27, 1959.  You can find it on the Johnny Horton album 16 Biggest Hits.

Please do not sing along as you read it!

"In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp
We took a little bacon we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.

REFRAIN

"We fired out guns and the British kept a comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there were a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.


"We looked down the river
And we see'd the British come
And there must have been a hundred of 'em
A beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high
And they made the bugles ring
We stood beside our cotton bales And didn't say a thing.

Then a new refrain in the next post.

Didn't Sing Along, Did You?  --Brock-Perry

A New Orleans Mardi Gras Connection

From Mardi Gras Music Radio, Live 365.

Even though I have read that the present Mardi Gras celebrations did not begin until after the Civil War, New Orleans nonetheless was an important city in the War of 1812, and most everyone knows about the after-the-war-was-over Battle of New Orleans, so I will list some more Mardi Gras music I was listening to this morning:

ZULU STRUT-- John Cleery
OOH LA LA-- Mitch Woods
HEY SWEET DARLING-- Iguanas

GOING TO MARDI GRAS-- Fats Domino
RED BEANS-- Marcia Ball (Ya'll)
BIG CHIEF-- Dr. John & the Dirty Brass Band

JOCK-A-MO-- Sugar Boy Crawford
MEET ME ON FRENCHMEN FEET-- Shamarr Allen, feat. Kermit Ruffin
HANDA WANDA-- Wild Magnolias

COME LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL-- Earl King
DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS--Dr. John
CARNIVAL TIME-- New Orleans' Own Dukes of Dixieland & Luther Kent

INDIANS JUMPING ON FIRE--Olympia Brass Band
FEEL LIKE FUNKIN' UP--Rebirth Brass Band
MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS-- Charmaine Neville Band

JOE AVERY'S WHOOPIN' BLUES-- Sarah Spencer's Rue Conti Jazz Band.

Where's This Bourbon Street? --Brock-Perry

And, Here's Where This Got Really Time-Consuming: The Beatles' Colleseum Playlist

From Setlist.fm site.

There were a few of the songs the Beatles played in the article, but I got to wondering which songs they played so did a search.

This is the list of songs they played in order:

1. Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry cover)
2. From Me to You
3. I Saw Her Standing There

4. This Boy
5. All My Loving
6. I Wanna Be Your Man

7. Please Please Me
8. Till There Was You (Sue Raney cover)
9. She Loves You

10. I Want to Hold Your Hand
11. Twist and Shout (Top Notes cover)
12. Long Tall Sally (Little Richard cover).

That was one short concert, but what got me was the Top Notes cover of Twist and Shout. I had never heard of the Top Notes and always thought the Beatles covered the song from the Isley Brothers. Some research on somebody's part was needed.

And That's When I Spent a Lot of Time on the Story. --Brock-Perry

The Second British Storming of Washington, D.C.: The Beatles-- Part 3

This was the Beatles' second public appearance, but Washington, D.C. can also claim another Beatles distinction: the first American radio station to play a Beatles song.

A high school student from D.C.'s Maryland suburbs, Marsha Albert, had seen the CBS report on the band and had written D.C. radio station WWDC asking them to spin some Beatle tunes. Problem was, no one had any Beatle songs. The Beatles were really popular in the U.K., but Capitol Records, the U.S. branch of EMI Records, balked at pushing any Beatles songs.

WWDC disc jockey Carroll James got a flight attendant to hand-carry a Beatles record from London. Then he invited Marsha into his studio and introduced: "Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in America, here are the Beatles singing 'I Want to Hold Your Hand.'"

What happened after that would be called "viral" today. DJs and listeners in other cities picked up on it and Capitol was forced to hurriedly get the record out to the public.

So, It Begins. --Brock-Perry