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bloody angle

Spotsylvania Battlefield, Virginia

photo:David Castenson

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Spotsylvania School Board orders libraries to remove 'sexually explicit' books

The Spotsylvania County School Board has directed staff to begin removing books that contain “sexually explicit” material from library shelv

The Spotsylvania County School Board has directed staff to begin removing books that contain “sexually explicit” material from library shelves and report on the number of books that have been removed at a special called meeting next week.

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The criteria for pulling books from circulation this week is “sexually explicit,” but the board plans to refine how material is determined to be “objectionable” for a further review of library holdings.

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Two board members, Courtland representative Rabih Abuismail and Livingston representative Kirk Twigg, said they would like to see the removed books burned. “I think we should throw those books in a fire,” Abuismail said, and Twigg said he wants to “see the books before we burn them so we can identify within our community that we are eradicating this bad stuff.” Monday evening’s discussion was spurred by parents of a Riverbend student, who brought their concerns to the meeting. The mother said during public comments that she was initially alarmed by “LGBTQIA” fiction that she said was immediately made available upon accessing the library app. After doing more research, she discovered a book in the collection that she found more upsetting. The book, “33 Snowfish” by Adam Rapp, concerns three homeless teenagers attempting to escape from pasts that include sexual abuse, prostitution and drug addiction. Publisher’s Weekly described “33 Snowfish,” which the American Library Association named a Best Book for Young Adults in 2004, as a “dark tale about three runaways who understand hatred and violence better than love” and noted “readers may have trouble stomaching the language” and the subject matter. The review recommends the book for ages 15 and up.

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But Abuismail said that whatever processes are in place “haven’t worked” and demanded an immediate audit of all school division library holdings. He said he doesn’t like the idea of Rapp’s book being on school division library shelves for one more night and that the fact that it is in a school library means public schools “would rather have our kids reading gay pornography than about Christ.”

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"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." - Union General John Sedgwick  just moments before a confederate sniper killed him at Spotsylvania.

A Family and Nation Under Fire

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So not only has the school board lift the need for masks in our schools but now the chair is the same man who said we should burn the books they wanted banned from the schools. This school system is falling apart at the seems and so many students who are parts of the minority are fearing for their safety. What happens when the schools decide to get rid of our clubs? We have a GSA and they’re already firing teachers for being LGBTQ+ so what’s stopping them from silencing us? So many of us are afraid. But at the same time, from fear comes courage. They think they can silence our voices but alas we are the loud, we are the strong, and we will stand up for ourselves.

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Winslow's Battery .. [2 / 2]

On May 5, 1864, at the beginning of the Battle of the Wilderness, two artillery pieces of Winslow's battery were captured by the Confederates at Saunder's field at Spotsylvania, VA. The historical marker at the site tells the story:

The May 5 fighting in Saunders Field was waxing hot when Captain George B. Winslow received orders to rush two guns of Battery D, 1st New York Artillery, to the front to support Union attacks here. Dashing down the turnpike at a trot, Winslow's men crossed the ditch in front of you, unlimbered their guns across the road, and began firing into the entwined masses ahead—for a time killing friend and foe alike. Winslow quickly saw the impossibility of his task and ordered the cannon to withdraw. Before they could, Union infantry in Winslow's front gave way, and Confederates surged towards the artillerists. The two limbered guns stalled at the ditch. Before gun crews could save the pieces, the Confederates were upon them. With their horses shot and their infantry support gone, the Union artillerymen had no choice but to abandon the guns. "The guns were fought to the last and lost as honorably as guns could be lost." Colonel Charles S. Wainwright Chief of Fifth Corps Artillery

To perceive depth, superpose left image viewed with right eye over right image viewed with left eye.

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Went out to the Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield yesterday and took some photos.

[gregorygalloway]

John Sedgwick (born Cornwall, CT, 13 September 1813 – 9 May 1864) was a career military officer who served in the Seminole Wars, the Mexican-American War and fought at many of the major battles of the Civil War, including Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg before being killed in action at Spotsylvania.

General Sedgwick was the highest ranking Union casualty in the Civil War, and is buried in his hometown of Cornwall.

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