January 19, 2009

It's Bobby's Birthday

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I always take a sip of Kentucky bourbon Tennessee sour mash on January 19th. Just to keep things in perspective.

Posted by Velociman at January 19, 2009 7:47 PM
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Hard to go wrong toasting a man of honor.
Since I don't partake of the hard stuff, I shall raise this glass of lemonade. Thanks for the reminder.

Posted by: kdzu at January 19, 2009 9:22 PM

Look at those eyes. I see a poet. I believe this was taken at home about a week after the surrender.
The war was hard on Lee. Suffering already from heart trouble, he kept his problems to himself and discharged his duty to the best of his considerable abilities.
The only guy ever to go through 4 years at West Point without a demerit. What a man.

Posted by: Jack Straw at January 19, 2009 9:31 PM

Any relation somewhere along the line?

Posted by: The Other Eric at January 19, 2009 10:40 PM

Does single malt Scotch make me bad? I raised a glass just the same.

Posted by: Obstreperous Infidel at January 19, 2009 11:14 PM

Hey! Kentucky had a star o nthe Stars and Bars.

Posted by: Arcs at January 20, 2009 7:53 AM

Sip?

Posted by: Dan Patterson at January 20, 2009 10:23 AM

I expect Longstreet gained a much better perception of Bobby Lee over time than any other man did. Romanticism is only practical at a distance. Longstreet paid Lee's due bills.

Posted by: james wilson at January 20, 2009 11:27 AM

And my mom's birthday as well. :)

Posted by: PeggyU at January 20, 2009 1:10 PM

Yesterday, I went to Yellow Bluff Fort, confederate protection for Jacksonville,
Florida. After, I proceeded to Olustee Battlefield, site of the largest civil war battle in Florida, Feb. 20, 1864. I removed my cap, prayed for Robert E. Lee's soul, and had a birthday lunch in his honour of fried chicken, mac and cheese, beans with ham, and fried okra.
I then removed to my quarter acre estate which lies between Daytona Beach and the rest of the South, and celebrated his 202nd birthday with a Civil War antique pint flask of the finest Tenneessee Sour Mash.
To Robert E. Lee!
To a Free Florida!

Posted by: Mockingbird at January 20, 2009 2:11 PM

Another Great Man of Honor. Had my sip and a very fine Presco Fresco.

Posted by: Don Jr. at January 20, 2009 3:22 PM

Nice to see that others remember this great man. A toast to Robert E. Lee is properly made with water, the liquid spotless as his fame.

But don't forget his horse, Traveller, when toasting with the hard stuff.

Posted by: Joe at January 21, 2009 10:48 AM

I think Lee was quoted as saying, "I don't use whisky, I like it too damn much"

Posted by: ramjet at January 21, 2009 11:32 AM

Today is Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson's birthday.

It was "Old Blue Light" who said that when he discovered he liked the taste of whiskey too much, he resolved never to touch spirituous liquors.

Posted by: Sam at January 21, 2009 12:06 PM

Very interesting site. Hope it will always be alive!

Posted by: Ethendawin at October 15, 2009 4:20 PM