Old times there are not forgotten
October 2nd, 2007 at 2:33 pm . by nukeI did not know about this. From the Washington Times…
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICANA, Brazil
Now well past 90, Judith MacKnight Jones is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, the illness that robbed her of all of her memory, her most precious asset.
She has been lying here for the past 11 years, covered by a patchwork blanket, made from pieces her great-grandmother brought from the United States between 1865 and 1885, after the Confederacy lost the Civil War.
Unable to speak or remember now, her book “Soldado Descanso” (”Rest Soldier”) is written in Portuguese, but soon will be translated into English, as the publisher thinks Americans should know about the proud history of Confederate immigrants settling in Brazil, finding a new home here but maintaining many of the traditions they brought from Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, the Carolinas and Georgia. [snip]
The air is clean and pure. In the far distance, red hills and small dirt roads separate farms. People here live from the service and manufacturing industry.
Almost 150 years ago, Dr. James McFaddon from South Carolina went to Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans to open negotiations with Brazil to migrate, looking for a new home.
He traveled to Brazil and, on his return, wrote a book, “Home Hunting in Brazil,” planting seeds for emigration.
Between 10,000 and 20,000 Americans made the journey, leaving the United States to look into building a new home and life. Today, they live not only in Americana and nearby Santa Barbara, but are scattered all over the hills of the state of Sao Paulo and over several other parts of Brazil, the fifth-largest country in the world.
One of those…I.Did.Not.Know.That stories.
Maybe they were the smart ones, and the one’s who stayed were the dummies.
Hunh!
Huh. I need to read that when it is translated.
What do you mean, Swampie?
It says, “if you can read this, you don’t need a translation.”
Heh, it ought to be an interesting book.
I’m missing something, I haven’t seen anything pertaining to a translation.
The rain gauge says 7 inches fell yesterday (3 of them overnight) and I believe one more large rain band is coming this way before it turns off hot and humid instead of cool and humid. Wish I could see what the place looks like in daylight; the water was standing about ankle deep in places this morning.
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Gotcha!
I thought it had something to do with the article being translated or sumpin’.