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| James N. |
Posted - December 28 2012 : 3:01:03 PM
Lake Placid is probably best remembered today ( if it is remembered at all ) as a destination in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York for winter sports and onetime host of the Winter Olympics. But I visited there in the fall of 1995 on a vacation combining the scenic, rustic, and "outdoorsy" with the historic. I stayed in a rambling building known as the Stagecoach Inn, built over a period of several years beginning in 1833 when this region was first being settled to any extent.
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The interior of both the public areas ( above ) and bedrooms ( below ) contain, in addition to the "rustic" architechtural elements, a collection of Adirondack-style furniture that wouldn't be out-of-place in the Blue Mountain museum.
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John Brown's body lies a' moulderin' in the grave;
John Brown's Body lies a' moulderin' in the grave;
John Brown's body lies a' moulderin' in the grave;
But his Soul is marchin' on!
What had brought me to Lake Placid in the first place, since it wasn't a necessary part of the rest of my trip, was the final resting place of what may be described as a Nineteenth-century domestic terrorist, responsible for the deaths of innocent people, an attack on U.S. government property, and inciting servile insurrection; all capital offenses. Yet his farmstead and grave are maintained by the State of New York as memorials to this remarkable man, whose arguably justifiable death-by-hanging helped bring on the greatest cataclysm this country has ever faced.
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Prior to his notorious political actions, John Brown and his wife and family owned and operated a typical "hardscrabble" farm here at Lake Placid, N.Y., currently maintained as a state park. Following his execution by the State of Virginia at Charles Town ( now W. Va. ) for treason, murder, and inciting slave revolt, his body was returned to his widow, and it is here that it continues to moulder in the grave.
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Brown was buried here beneath this tree along with two of his sons and other followers killed in the abortive raid on Harpers' Ferry, Va., to sieze guns from the U.S. arsenal to be used to arm the slave revolt he hoped would follow.
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Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! glory! Hallelujah!
His soul goes marching on!
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| Monadnock Guide |
Posted - December 28 2012 : 5:40:54 PM
Another good post James, - that "rustic look" is the way things should still be. Reminds me of some "old cottages" back in Maine, ... Thx. |
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