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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Bull Run 1: McLean Farm



On July 27 1861, this farm house belonged to William McLean. The first Battle of Bull Run was fought on his property. Seeking to avoid further conflict, he moved his family far from Washington D.C. to Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. Almost exactly four years later, Lee and Grant met in the parlor of Mr. McLean's house in Appomattox Courthouse to sign Lee's surrender.

ISO 200
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Why "A Message From Earth"?

In 1979, Voyager I launched to the outer limits of the solar system and beyond. It carried onboard a gold plated disk for the reference of any intelligent life that found it to learn about earth. The disk contained images of the human figure, greetings in 55 languages, 115 sounds from nature, 90 minutes of music from a variety of cultures and eras, along with a greeting from the President of the United States and Secretary General of the United Nations. These are the only relics of human civilization outside the solar system.

Like Voyager, this record here beams elements of this life into the digital ether. Who will find it? What meaning will it have to them? I hope if the one who finds it is you, this record will have meaning to you of some sort.