Rode out early this morning 27 degree's.....

I've had many things heavy on my mind lately and sleep is becoming a problem.Took off early this morning in the cold damp air and rode to Georgia.I got on I-75 and just turned the Valkyrie loose. I've had this place on my " Ride To " list for sometime so today I went to check it out. " Resaca Confederate Cemetery " 5,547 men died near and on this piece of ground. I walked around it for over a hour.It did'nt get out of the 30's today it was a much needed 270 mile round trip.

Located in Resaca , Georgia ......

We Sleep here in Obedience to Law.

When duty called, we came.
When Country called, we died.

'Gently we lay them underneath the sod and leave them
with their fame, their country and their God'

Mary Green ....A amazing woman........The memory of a Georgia woman, Mary J. Green, who with her own hands gathered and interred the bones and bodies of the Confederate dead left lying on the Resaca Battlefield, should always be sacred to us. The sight that greeted the Green family when they returned to their plantation after the battle was almost more than they could bear. Around the house on all sides were scattered graves of Confederates who had been buried where they fell. The Green daughters conceived the idea of collecting all the bodies and re-interring them in a plot of land to be known as a Confederate cemetery. The one great drawback, however, was that they had no money. In the summer of 1866, Mary began writing to her friends around the state, begging them to try and raise money for the cemetery. Although poverty was rampant in the South, the citizenry responded by giving what they could, be it a nickel, a dime, a quarter, or a dollar. Col. Green gave his daughters 2.5 acres of land with rustic bridges spanning the stream through the grounds of their cemetery.

" The soul will never rest without a headstone " .........I heard my Grand-mother who raised me say that many times.For the most part the cemetery is lined with these of the Confederate dead.

Rest In Peace.....
2,800 CSA ...Dead @ The Battle Of Resaca
2,747 Union...Dead @ The Battle Of Resaca

You always provide us with the best stuff. Very touching thank you.

Jerry

Thanks SmokinJoe.....you are the best!


....................bobby

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Those people died fighting to prevent current events such as the government handing over our money to a single corporation called GM whether we chose to do business with them or not. Capitalism is dead my friends.