Thursday, July 26, 2007
WHAT IF...
I suppose some would say playing the "what if" game is foolish, useless and superficial. Ok, but I still have to play it sometimes. Historians argue over whether "great people" or "great forces" are the most important factors in events. Some say that the forces at work give rise to people who act in a certain way and that if person A had not been around, a person B would have filled the role. I tend to think great people make the difference. Thus, "what if..."
Abe Lincoln’s grandfather, named Abraham, was killed in an Indian attack on his farm near present day
On July 9, 1755 George Washington was serving as aide-de-camp to British general Edward Braddock in the French and Indian war. A battle ensued near present day
In 1931 Winston Churchill was in NYC on a speaking engagement tour where he was hit by a car while crossing
In WWI Adolph Hitler served in the German ground forces. He was wounded by a shell on October 7 1916. In October of 1918 he was temporarily blinded by a chlorine gas attack near
In March of 1864 Ulysses S. Grant traveled to
Grant remained stoic and was not injured. Brady later reflected, “It was a miracle that some of the pieces didn’t strike him. And if one had, it would have been the end of Grant for the glass was two inches thick!”
Grant, of course, was finally the General Lincoln had needed for over 3 years and would pursue Lee to the end. What if...
And what difference has your life made? What if...
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