Seen at Shenandoah University

I spent Saturday morning at Shenandoah University in Winchester. As I was leaving, I saw this mural at the Brandt Student Center.

Monday Murals / Blue Monday

Shenandoah University has a nice campus. I've been to a number of seminars there. This was on General Robert Milroy and his occupation of Winchester during the American Civil War.

Our speaker was Jonathan Noyalas of the university’s McCormick Civil War Institute. He wrote a book about Milroy called My Will is Absolute Law. The lecture was fascinating. Unfortunately I was not able to stay for the tour in the afternoon. I have been to some of the sites before, but others were new to me.

I have enjoyed a number of Noyalas’s talks and tours, beginning in 2008. There is much to learn from the history of the Civil War. In some ways our history seems appalling.  I don’t think it is something to celebrate so much as it is something to learn from.

Mosaic Monday

Note: Tomorrow is election day here. The local races in my town are not even contested; I guess not too many people want those jobs. But voting puts our officials on notice that we are paying attention to what they do. Be sure to vote.