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HISTORY Continuation Page 1

Consultant in Ultrasonic Processing
"changing materials with high-intensity sound"
Technical and Historical Writer, Oral Historian
Popularizer of Science and Technology
Rail, Auto, Air, Ordnance, and Model Enthusiast
Light-weight Linguist, Lay Minister, and Putative Philosopher

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Long Island (and related) Material (formerly on the main History page) moved to Long Island page 31 Oct 00 and to an even-newer Long Island Continuation Page 1 08 Nov 00:

On the main Long Island page:
Long Island (and related) Links (formerly on this page).
Long Island Studies Institute (formerly on this page).
Cullulloo Telawanna (last of the Rockaway Indians - formerly on this page).
Walt Whitman.

On the Long Island Continuation Page 1: 1906 Hyde Map of Long Island
Long Island's Original East End.
Rock Hall.
Lord's Woods.
Inisfada - St. Ignacius Retreat House.
Long Island Questions.

On the Long Island Continuation Page 2: Suydam Homestead (Suydam House and Barn Museum).
Oyster Bay - village, town, ship.
Sea Cliff

General Historical Material (still on the main History page):
Native American Land Claims.
Old Glory - the derivation of the American Flag.
Manhattan in the Bronx?
Rivers (Hudson) vs. Estuaries (East, North, Harlem)
Ration Stamps, Books, and Coupons.

On this History Continuation Page 1:
Historical Miscellany (moved from main page 24 Dec 2004).
De Gaulle at Dorval
Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. (07 Nov 09)

On the History of Technology Page:
{only links appear there at present}

HISTORICAL MISCELLANY

Spurred by Black History Month, I've added a few details relating to black Americans, Long Island, and Unitarianism on my Unitarian page.

See also the Unitarian Universalist and the UU Partner Church Program in Erdély (Transylvania) pages for some Unitarian and Universalist history; there is a large and historically-significant Unitarian presence there and we try to maintain close contact with our brothers and sisters in Erdély. An expanded history of Unitarianism, especially of its founding in Transylvania, will appear there momentarily.

A pair of Long Island Motor Parkway afficionadoes, Sue and Rob Friedman, turned up with a great site about the Bronx's old Freedomland.

De Gaulle at Dorval

I was a direct witness to history one day ca. 24 July in 1967 at Dorval Airport outside Montréal, Québec, when General Charles de Gaulle was unceremoniously thrown out of Canada for inciting Québec separatism with his (in)famous cry of, "Vive le Québec libre!" (Long live free Québec!). I was waiting for my plane to NY's JFK Airport, standing alone between a glass curtain wall and a very large support pillar, facing outward with my back against the pillar and totally unaware of anything going on behind me, when suddenly all activity on the tarmac below ceased, an Air France plane pulled up, and a convoy of police vehicles and armored cars swept into view with lights flashing and sirens screaming, bracketing a pair (as I recall) of black, ultra-low Citroen DS-21 cars which pulled up in front of the Air France plane. The door of the front car was opened by armed guards and they pulled out and unfolded the incredibly-tall figure of de Gaulle, himself, who resisted all the way, and quite-literally frog-marched him up the airstairs and into the plane. Quite intrigued by this spectacle, I waited until the plane was out of sight and emerged from my sheltered spot to inquire what that was all about. I found the terminal completely deserted (most unnerving!) and was almost immediately nabbed by security who wanted to know how I came to be in the terminal which had (supposedly) been completely evacuated; it took quite a bit of explaining and threatening to bring in the U. S. consul before I was allowed to go on my way. It was quite an embarrassing situation for the authorities and some folks probably got reprimanded or even sacked for it.

Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.

My father had an employee, Lester Barlow, who served as Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.'s aide-de-camp in the European campaign during the latter part of World War II. Les was more than just an obedient or obsequious assistant, he was an older friend and seemed to genuinely like me and sent back this set of snapshots of Patton (and himself) observing a tank battle from a hilltop somewhere in France, if I recall correctly, ca. 1944-45 (in no particular order):

(07 Nov 09)

"George/Geo" is the general, of course, with his infamous riding crop and gloves and "Me" is Les and you can barely make out Patton's pearl-handled revolvers.

These only turned up again fairly recently but, quite frankly, looking at these pix today, I rather imagine that they were actually taken later, at some maneuver or demonstration. Everything is just TOO neat and orderly, even for Patton, a notorious "spit-and-polish" stickler.

Stay tuned!

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