Comments on: Question of the Week http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/06/question-of-week.html A Community for Curious Minds who love History, its Odd Stories, and Good Reads Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Bull http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/06/question-of-week.html/comment-page-1#comment-342 Bull Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:00:07 +0000 http://www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/http:/www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/2009/06/question-of-the-week.html#comment-342 Trafalgar. Trafalgar.

]]> By: David Powell http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/06/question-of-week.html/comment-page-1#comment-341 David Powell Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:42:14 +0000 http://www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/http:/www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/2009/06/question-of-the-week.html#comment-341 The Visigoths pouring through Rome's Salarian Gate just after midnight on August 24, 410. The Visigoths pouring through Rome's Salarian Gate just after midnight on August 24, 410.

]]> By: crip http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/06/question-of-week.html/comment-page-1#comment-340 crip Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:37:32 +0000 http://www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/http:/www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/2009/06/question-of-the-week.html#comment-340 The musically-minded giant leading Caesar across the Rubicon. The musically-minded giant leading Caesar across the Rubicon.

]]> By: HT http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/06/question-of-week.html/comment-page-1#comment-339 HT Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:57:28 +0000 http://www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/http:/www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/2009/06/question-of-the-week.html#comment-339 Here are some more for you...all from fellow W&M readers<br /><br />Here are a few answers readers have already offered up...<br /><br />There are so many things I'd like to see. I would love to see one of Harvey Cushing's brain surgeries, or Schliemann's discovery of Troy.<br /><br />The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth...<br /><br />1905 presidential inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt.<br /><br />Since high schol my answer to this question has been "The Gettysburg Address." 11-19-1863<br /><br />I'd love to listen to any of Joseph Priestley's sermons refuting the divinity of Christ and the Trinity.<br /><br />I'd love to see the fall of the Berlin Wall in person.<br /><br />I want to see Leonardo and Michelangelo's showdown at the Florence Town Hall Frescoes... It must have been quite the sight.<br /><br />Krakatoa ... but from a safe distance. :-)<br /><br />I would have loved to have waved Amelia Earhart off on her last journey -- Florida, 1937. @BrendaCopeland<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAP9IBnYlm4<br /><br />Choosing is too hard.<br /><br />General George Washington's speech the day before the crossing of Delaware.<br /><br />I'd want to go out with Galileo one night and try to make sense out of the rings of Saturn with him! @history_geek<br /><br />I'd love to see a party at Versailles. I'm sure Louis XIV knew how to do it right! <br /><br />Two come to mind immediately ... the War of the Mantuan Succession, with King Louis leading his army across the Alps in winter, to the battle of the Pas de Suse ... or the next year, the Day of Dupes.<br />Louise Here are some more for you…all from fellow W&M readers

Here are a few answers readers have already offered up…

There are so many things I'd like to see. I would love to see one of Harvey Cushing's brain surgeries, or Schliemann's discovery of Troy.

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth…

1905 presidential inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt.

Since high schol my answer to this question has been "The Gettysburg Address." 11-19-1863

I'd love to listen to any of Joseph Priestley's sermons refuting the divinity of Christ and the Trinity.

I'd love to see the fall of the Berlin Wall in person.

I want to see Leonardo and Michelangelo's showdown at the Florence Town Hall Frescoes… It must have been quite the sight.

Krakatoa … but from a safe distance. :-)

I would have loved to have waved Amelia Earhart off on her last journey — Florida, 1937. @BrendaCopeland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAP9IBnYlm4

Choosing is too hard.

General George Washington's speech the day before the crossing of Delaware.

I'd want to go out with Galileo one night and try to make sense out of the rings of Saturn with him! @history_geek

I'd love to see a party at Versailles. I'm sure Louis XIV knew how to do it right!

Two come to mind immediately … the War of the Mantuan Succession, with King Louis leading his army across the Alps in winter, to the battle of the Pas de Suse … or the next year, the Day of Dupes.
Louise

]]> By: Angela B http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/06/question-of-week.html/comment-page-1#comment-338 Angela B Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:04:10 +0000 http://www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/http:/www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/2009/06/question-of-the-week.html#comment-338 Tough question, there are a lot of different things I would loved to have witnessed. Perhaps witnessing the Laura Secord telling the British the American's plans for invading Upper Canada during the War of 1812, the 2nd capture of Napoleon, or the coronation of Elizabeth 1. Tough question, there are a lot of different things I would loved to have witnessed. Perhaps witnessing the Laura Secord telling the British the American's plans for invading Upper Canada during the War of 1812, the 2nd capture of Napoleon, or the coronation of Elizabeth 1.

]]> By: The History Enthusiast http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/06/question-of-week.html/comment-page-1#comment-337 The History Enthusiast Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:32:50 +0000 http://www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/http:/www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/2009/06/question-of-the-week.html#comment-337 This is a tough question! I would say Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, or if that doesn't count as history, I think I'd pick the Gettysburg Address. This is a tough question! I would say Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, or if that doesn't count as history, I think I'd pick the Gettysburg Address.

]]> By: Dave http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/06/question-of-week.html/comment-page-1#comment-336 Dave Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:18:27 +0000 http://www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/http:/www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/2009/06/question-of-the-week.html#comment-336 Boston Tea Party without a doubt. Boston Tea Party without a doubt.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/06/question-of-week.html/comment-page-1#comment-335 Anonymous Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:59:19 +0000 http://www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/http:/www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/2009/06/question-of-the-week.html#comment-335 Another great speech: anything by Lincoln Another great speech: anything by Lincoln

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/06/question-of-week.html/comment-page-1#comment-334 Anonymous Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:46:17 +0000 http://www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/http:/www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/2009/06/question-of-the-week.html#comment-334 The March on Washington DC and the "I have a Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr. <br /><br />Heard him in Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Ca the Sunday before the Selma March. <br /><br />Amazing human being. The March on Washington DC and the "I have a Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr.

Heard him in Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Ca the Sunday before the Selma March.

Amazing human being.

]]> By: Holly http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/06/question-of-week.html/comment-page-1#comment-333 Holly Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:45:59 +0000 http://www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/http:/www.wondersandmarvels.org/tmp/2009/06/question-of-the-week.html#comment-333 That's pretty gruesome. Would be able to watch it, really? That's pretty gruesome. Would be able to watch it, really?

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