Katherine Griffis-Greenberg Wrote:
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> Jammer Wrote:
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> -----
> > >"The community of Kensington is solidly
> behind
> > the rune-stone"
> >
> > HA! What a shock! May as well say;
> > "The people of Kensington are solidly behind
> > anything that can help the town turn a buck
> during
> > these tough economic times."
>
> I personally think it's high time for the folks in
> Nashville to claim that the Greeks came over to
> build a second Parthenon, for tourist cash is the
> very reason it exists in Nashville.
>
> But gosh-darn it, at least the Nashville folks are
> honest about its Parthenon origins: the city
> fathers originally built it in 1897 for the
> Tennessee Centennial Exposition (the Athena statue
> was created in 1990, which was finally gilded in
> 2002). It's a darned good replica, and today it
> houses their museum, which brings in cash, which
> was the point of building it...
>
> Katherine

We'll have to take a look when we visit this fall.



Doug Weller

Director The Hall of Ma'at
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