I love Rock Creek Park (Click on the Map HERE). For those not familiar with Washington D.C., It is a lesser known feature of the city. Understandably visitors always focus on the Monumental Mall; The Capitol at one end, the Lincoln Memorial at the other, and everything of interest in between. Yet, Rock Creek Park offers a sanctuary of peace and quiet from the hustle and bustle of our Capital City. There are parts in those trails that are so quiet, that you would think you are far deep inside a state forest. Foxes, Raccoons, Deer, and Birds of all kinds call its deciduous forest home. But for us locals, the best feature of this park is that it lets you scoot from Silver Spring/Bethesda all the way down to The Lincoln Memorial and the Monumental Mall in less than a ten minute drive. The park's only one traffic light, serves as a stark contrast to the congested streets surrounding it. And besides, you are refreshed by its babbling brook, sweet sassafras, and oaks as you gently wind its country road down to the Mall.
Surrounding The Park, are The Naval Observatory (where our Vice President reads Mother Jones each morning), Walter Reed Army Medical Center, The National Zoo, and Fort Stevens,
Which brings me to Fort Stevens, Jubal Early's main force used Silver Spring, Maryland's Georgia Avenue to ingress and egress on its Raid to the District. His pathway from Rockville to Fort Stevens is detailed in the map below.
Yet few people know that Jubal's scouts probed the Capital's defenses by reconnoitering Rock Creek all the way south to what is now Military Road (Check out the MAP for details). I had to make this entry MIL Blog pertinent.
As I alluded before, critters of all kinds call Rock Creek Park home. Yesterday, one of them made a fatal mistake. The Washington Post reported that a young doe it seems, wandered from The Park into the Zoo, and straight into the Lion's den. The report HERE. The end was predictable, as the Law of Natural Selection was proven effective once again.
I do not relish the gratuitous display of suffering of animals, but for those who don't shy away from it, the obligatory YouTube Videos are in three parts: HERE, HERE, and HERE.
Boq
Surrounding The Park, are The Naval Observatory (where our Vice President reads Mother Jones each morning), Walter Reed Army Medical Center, The National Zoo, and Fort Stevens,
Which brings me to Fort Stevens, Jubal Early's main force used Silver Spring, Maryland's Georgia Avenue to ingress and egress on its Raid to the District. His pathway from Rockville to Fort Stevens is detailed in the map below.
Yet few people know that Jubal's scouts probed the Capital's defenses by reconnoitering Rock Creek all the way south to what is now Military Road (Check out the MAP for details). I had to make this entry MIL Blog pertinent.
As I alluded before, critters of all kinds call Rock Creek Park home. Yesterday, one of them made a fatal mistake. The Washington Post reported that a young doe it seems, wandered from The Park into the Zoo, and straight into the Lion's den. The report HERE. The end was predictable, as the Law of Natural Selection was proven effective once again.
I do not relish the gratuitous display of suffering of animals, but for those who don't shy away from it, the obligatory YouTube Videos are in three parts: HERE, HERE, and HERE.
Boq
Lincoln took the advice and stepped back off the parapet, the officer only then realizing to whom he had hollered. The president took it all in good nature, despite the mortified appearance of the officer.
The Battle of Monocacy also featured the deployment of several units of the Veteran's reserve Corps. This Corps was made up of soldiers who had been wounded and unable to return to field duty, but were well enough to either shoulder and use a weapon or to do light duty. they were assigned to various forts and batteries in the defenses of Washington, to POW camps as guard details, and to Hospitals and other areas as guards, clerks, etc. It was an excellent use of valuable manpower that would otherwise be lost through discharge to the civilian population, and freed up healthy men for service in the front ranks.
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