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Old 05-25-2010, 08:44 PM
 
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
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A variation of a game that's been going on on the History thread "Who Am I"?:

I'm sitting at a stoplight somewhere in NoVA. I see a monument commemorating something that happened on May 24, 1861. Where am I?
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Old 05-25-2010, 11:54 PM
 
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Where General Ellsworth was shot. Alexandria; the Marshall Inn.
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Old 05-26-2010, 10:34 AM
 
Location: In the woods
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A variation of a game that's been going on on the History thread "Who Am I"?:

I'm sitting at a stoplight somewhere in NoVA. I see a monument commemorating something that happened on May 24, 1861. Where am I?
Somewhere near or on Rte 234 in Manassas? Battle of Bull Run?
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Old 05-26-2010, 05:46 PM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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Where General Ellsworth was shot. Alexandria; the Marshall Inn.
Nailed it.
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Old 05-26-2010, 07:10 PM
 
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Nailed it.
Nope. That would be King St. at S. Pitt. That's not where I was.
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Old 05-26-2010, 07:24 PM
 
Location: Brambleton, VA
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Arlington House
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Old 05-26-2010, 07:27 PM
 
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Arlington House
Nope. How could I have seen something there sitting at a stoplight?
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Old 05-26-2010, 07:55 PM
 
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A variation of a game that's been going on on the History thread "Who Am I"?:

I'm sitting at a stoplight somewhere in NoVA. I see a monument commemorating something that happened on May 24, 1861. Where am I?
I don't know but I think this is very cool and can't wait to read the answer!
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Old 05-26-2010, 07:59 PM
 
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You are on Braddock Road in Alexandria, outside of Fort Ward (now Fort Ward Park).
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Old 05-26-2010, 08:04 PM
 
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Nevermind, I am going to try again. The corner of Washington and Prince Streets, the unnamed confederate statue?
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