Today, the 11th November, in 1839 the Virginia Military Institute was founded in Lexington, VA. Francis Smith was the first Superintendent.
VMI is known as the West Point of the South. Unlike West Point, graduates are not obliged to join the armed forces upon graduation.
In 1851 T.J. Jackson became a professor of Arithmetic and an Artillery instructor. Fifteen of its graduates became Confederate Generals and many more Regimental Colonels. Rodes and Mahone are probably the two most famous Civil War graduates(both Major Generals). In 1864 the cadets were called upon to fight at the battle of New Market(Southern Victory). VMI was later damaged by Union forces.
George Marshall of WW2 fame, later a 5 Star General, was a graduate.
Look what I found…...
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……at the World War 1 Memorial and Museum in Kansas City, MS. I was browsing through the museum gift store and in the toy section…lo and behold here this was on a shelf just above the stuffed monkeys. :-D They only want $110 for it. :roll:
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Hmm…intriguing. I can see why they’d sell that game at a WWI memorial and museum, but I can’t grasp the rationale for selling stuffed monkeys – unless perhaps it’s to keep the kids amused while their parents tour the exhibitions?
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No Marc - it is to keep them amused while their parents settle down to another day long A&A session. Complementary marketing!
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I know the reason for the monkeys…
Husband and wife are visiting the museum… Husband sees A&A 1914 for $110… “hey honey, look, here’s a monkey, look at the monkey!” [Husbands slips the clerk $110 for 1914 while wife is distracted].
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Maybe they sell monkey because of this?
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Wow that’s an interesting story, Coach.
Please tell me that won’t be your next expansion set, “South African Monkeys at War”.
Hmmm… I wonder if we can think of a house rule for that???
Hey!! Quit looking at my monkey! -
Wow that’s an interesting story, Coach.
Please tell me that won’t be your next expansion set, “South African Monkeys at War”.
Hmmm… I wonder if we can think of a house rule for that???
Hey!! Quit looking at my monkey!No. we will pass on this one!
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I’m surprised nobody has made a movie of it yet. It is quite fascinating.
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No Marc - it is to keep them amused while their parents settle down to another day long A&A session. Complementary marketing!
Ah. Yes, that makes sense. It’s a good thing they’re not selling Global 1940 because it would take more than a few monkeys to keep the kids amused for a full-length session of that gigantic game.
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