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1.3 Million Deaths

I'm a military brat , and proud of it. The military brats subculture has emerged over the last 200 years.  The age of the phenomenon has meant military brats have also been described by a number of researchers as one of the America's oldest and yet least well-known and largely invisible subcultures.  They have also been described as a "modern nomadic subculture".  [ Wikipedia ] My two grandfathers, Asa Logue (left) and B. J. Lincecum, and my father.  Not pictured is my maternal grandmother.  She also served.  All saw war, though not all saw front-line combat. I never considered myself as part of a subculture , but I suppose it's true.  Being America's oldest subculture makes sense, as the United States Army turns 241 today.  Since America' birthday is considered to be 4 July 1776, the United States Army is actually a year older than the country. And though I did not plan to include this sentiment when I first decided to write this post, here it ...

W. B. W. Dent Owned Stone Mountain (Tombstone Tuesday)

Yet another neat tidbit of information from Georgia historian Lucian Lamar Knight: "Hon. W. B. W. Dent was another resident of Coweta [County] who served in the National House of Representatives. He was not a lawyer but a merchant, possessed of an unusual capacity for public affairs. Mr. Dent at one time owned Stone Mountain." [ Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends (1914), pg. 492.] William Barton Wade Dent rests at Oak Hill Cemetery in Newnan, Georgia: Wm Barton Wade Dent Col Dent's Co Heard Vols GA Militia Indian Wars Sep 8, 1806 - Sep 7, 1855 Congressman