History Lessons

I had a great time in Savannah this past weekend. Good family visits, good food, good sights the whole nine yards was...good times. However, do you ever find yourself wishing you could go back in time? I do, and this past weekend really drove it home. I wish I could go back to Mrs. Higginbothem's classroom in high school. She taught American History, both the revolutionary period and the civil war period and man I wish I would have paid better attention back then. I go to Savannah and I hear all these great stories about James Oglethorpe, William Sherman(not so great things about him) and Indian Chief Tomochichi. Now you got to keep up with these guys, because two of them are revolutionary period guys and the other is a civil war guy. So really their is two parts of history here. My brain hurt trying to get it all straight. I really should have listen more carefully to Mrs. Higginbothem. I saw the very fist Masonic Lodge charted in Georgia, Solomon's Lodge # 1. Established in February 1734 it is not only the oldest lodge in Georgia, it is the oldest lodge in the Western Hemisphere!! That's cool, no matter who you are. And guess who the fist Master of the lodge was?????....yep, James Oglethorpe. Another thing I learned was that Savannah is the birthplace of Prince Hall Masonary. Another thing I thought was VERY cool, was that "true" southerners refer to the Civil War as the "Northern Aggression" that just sounds right. Those guys back then were just minding their own business and here come those damn Yankee's messing everything up. I had a great weekend and can't wait to go back...this time however, I will have done my homework and will understand the time periods better and some of the names of the people who worked so hard to start this great nation we live in and call home.