Friday, September 28, 2018
It rained all night and so hard, I was afraid we would float away. We did wake up to sunshine this morning. But, the rain found a way into the bedroom last night. Because we are not completely level we are thinking that due to the unusually hard rain it somehow found a way to leak somewhere around the slide. About half of the bedroom carpet is soaked. We turned up the A/C and have fans running but it is going to take a long time to get it dried out.
Our explorations took us to Appomattox Court House National Historical Park today. This is where General Lee surrendered to General Grant effectively ending the Civil War. It is a self-guided tour through the Villiage of Appomattox Court House, but we started out at the visitor's center in the old Appomattox Courthouse. Notice the difference. The courthouse is the building and Court House is the village. We were lucky to be there at the beginning of a Ranger Talk. I thought I knew a lot about the Civil War, but I learned so much from his talk. We learn so many myths and inaccuracies. The surrender occurred on April 9, 1865. The park has restored many of the buildings that were there including the McLean Home where the Generals met.
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| Courthouse, Visitor's Center |
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| McLean House |
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| Grants Table |
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| Lee's Table, they never sat at the same table. |
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| Inside the McLean House |
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| The monumental job of printing over 28,000 parole passes. |
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| Parole Passes |
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| Old Jail Building |
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