She learned to play the violin!

Nov 26, 2008 14:07

I don't really have the energy to go and get the posts from last time I was here, but as you might remember, I have family in Cleveland, and HERE I AM. AGAIN ( Read more... )

cleveland, ohio, everquest, violin

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kylecassidy November 26 2008, 21:55:39 UTC
it probably wouldn't have stopped a bullet unless it was filled with scrap metal. but being in the civil war is a heck of a story by itself. does it have a hole in it?

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werewulf November 26 2008, 22:11:33 UTC
It doesn't have a hole it has a patch. The patch is *claimed* to be over the bullet hole from the bullet that "didn't kill him" That might not be exactly the same as "the bullet that would have killed him if it didn't strike the violin instead."

Still also in the cool side, and I don't actually know if Aly knows this... said umpty great grandfather played violin in some official military orchestra and he also brought his violin (although not positively this one) with him when he rode the funeral train with the rest of the musicians bringing Lincoln's body off to the final resting place. So one of our relatives played for Lincoln (in some form or another.)

Fun with history!

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tolkienkookad November 27 2008, 03:15:23 UTC
Nope. I think he had it in the case, and the violin was dented. It's been restored since, but there's still a spot where you can see it was harmed.

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madbodger November 27 2008, 17:28:22 UTC
Yay cool old stuff that enabled you to exist!

Yay drama being (more or less) volved.

And (in the spirit of the day), yay you!

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wildejoy November 28 2008, 00:40:25 UTC
THAT IS SO COOL. =0

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