| Author | Message | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1320 Registered: 5-2003 |
There is a certain action that each and every general in America's history has been able to take. Except for one. What couldn't he do, and why? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4003 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did they all take this action, or was it an option for them? I'm really interested to find out as my SIL's late father was a general | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4004 Registered: 12-2000 |
Anything to do with having their portrait taken? We saw Andy's portrait in - I think - an Armory back in the 1970s but I can't remember whether it was a painting or a photograph. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2051 Registered: 1-2007 |
Anything to do with their subsequently entering politics? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1321 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did they all take this action, or was it an option for them? Just an option. Anything to do with having their portrait taken? No. Anything to do with their subsequently entering politics? No. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 781 Registered: 11-2008 |
Any physical disability relevant? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1322 Registered: 5-2003 |
Any physical disability relevant? No. | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4011 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is a privilege involved? Like eating at a certain place? Being invited to the White House? Getting the freedom of a city? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4012 Registered: 12-2000 |
Can they appear in a particular parade? Lay a remembrance wreath somewhere special? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1323 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is a privilege involved? Yes. Like eating at a certain place? Being invited to the White House? Getting the freedom of a city? Can they appear in a particular parade? Lay a remembrance wreath somewhere special? But none of the above. | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4013 Registered: 12-2000 |
Does the privilage involve something they can do? Something they can claim (financially)? Something they can call themselves? Something which exempts them from something? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4014 Registered: 12-2000 |
Does this privilege apply while they are serving? Or after they retire? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4015 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is there an order that he can belong to? Can he have an extra medal or other decoration? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4016 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did the general who was unable to be offered this privilege - did he die too early? Was he dishonorably discharged? Was he homosexual and this was held against him? Did they find that he wasn't in fact American at all and had deceived them? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1324 Registered: 5-2003 |
Does the privilage involve something they can do? Yes. Something they can claim (financially)? Something they can call themselves? Something which exempts them from something? No to the rest. Does this privilege apply while they are serving? Or after they retire? Yes to both. Is there an order that he can belong to? Can he have an extra medal or other decoration? No to both. Did the general who was unable to be offered this privilege - did he die too early? No, but he nearly did. Was he dishonorably discharged? Was he homosexual and this was held against him? Did they find that he wasn't in fact American at all and had deceived them? No to the rest. | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4017 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was there any prejudice against the general who wasn't offered the privilege? Was he only filling in as a general and didn't oficially get promoted to that rank? Do they get this privilege on being promoted, or do they have to do a minimum length of service at that rank? Can they take advantage of this privilege at all times of the year or is it seasonal? Is it something tangible? Do their families benefit directly from it? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 285 Registered: 7-2009 |
Gender relevant? Age? Race? Place of birth? Nationality? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4018 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is it something like having a personal driver? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1325 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was there any prejudice against the general who wasn't offered the privilege? No. Was he only filling in as a general and didn't oficially get promoted to that rank? No. Do they get this privilege on being promoted, or do they have to do a minimum length of service at that rank? Irrelevant. Can they take advantage of this privilege at all times of the year or is it seasonal? Seasonal. Is it something tangible? No. Do their families benefit directly from it? No. Gender relevant? Age? Yes. Race? Place of birth? Nationality? No to the rest. Is it something like having a personal driver? No. | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 321 Registered: 8-2009 |
Was he too young to do it? Too old? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4020 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is the season that the privilege comes into being Christmas or Easter? A Christian festival or a secular event? Does it occur in Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter? Age - 40+ 50+ 60+ 70+ ? | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 322 Registered: 8-2009 |
Did it involve driving? Smoking? Drinking (alcohol)? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1326 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was he too young to do it? This. Too old? Is the season that the privilege comes into being Christmas or Easter? No. A Christian festival or a secular event? Secular. Does it occur in Spring, Summer, Autumn Typically this., Winter? Age - 40+ 50+ 60+ 70+ ? None of the above. Did it involve driving? Smoking? Drinking (alcohol)? No to all. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 291 Registered: 7-2009 |
Voting? | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 323 Registered: 8-2009 |
Is voting relevant? (I can't imagine a general being too young to vote, but...) | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 324 Registered: 8-2009 |
Does it involve flying? Attending a certain meeting? Going to a priviledged place? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 782 Registered: 11-2008 |
Being a member of a body/organisation? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1327 Registered: 5-2003 |
Voting? Yes. Is voting relevant? (I can't imagine a general being too young to vote, but...) Start imagining. ****************** Spoiler ****************** Galusha Pennypacker was born in June, 1844. He became a Major in an Illinois regiment at age 17, and was aged just twenty when he was promoted to Brigadier General in January, 1865 -- too young to have voted for the President who granted him his commission. |
