Louisiana purchase was 1803 not 1804
 

Just to correct my previous posting. The Louisiana purchase was in 1803. The year
1804 was the start of the Louis and Clark expedition.

I was at the St. Louis show this past April. I wandered over to the Gateway
arch and mentioned that day was the exact day of the Bicentennial to one of
the guards. He was clueless! There was no special ceremony or anything! It
was reported widely on the radio too.

By the way, the museum at the base has a great set of Indian Peace medals
and an animatron of Charles Barber.

Rick Snow




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"Richard Snow" wrote in message
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I was at the St. Louis show this past April. I wandered over to the Gateway
arch and mentioned that day was the exact day of the Bicentennial to one of
the guards. He was clueless! There was no special ceremony or anything! It
was reported widely on the radio too.

By the way, the museum at the base has a great set of Indian Peace medals
and an animatron of Charles Barber.

Rick Snow

I saw that exhibition. It was seven years ago, before I got back into coin collecting. I'd
like another chance to see it, I'm sure I'd have a much different perspective now. My wife
and I took the claustrophobic ride up to the top of the arch and I was awed by the
engineering prowess that went into building that monument.

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John

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What's interesting about the Louisiana purchase, is that Louisiana was Spanish
not French. Napolean basically sold what wasn't his and strong-armed Carlos IV
into aquiesence.

Why do you think "The Emperor of the World" would give up a HUGE tract of land
like that?

eric l.

From: elurio

Why do you think "The Emperor of the World" would give up a HUGE tract of land
like that?

It was a sheer genius move, had History had gone the way he had wished.

He sells the undeveloped, essentially worthless land for as much as he could
get, use the money to finance his military, conquer (eventually) the Colonial
U.S., and regain possession of the land for free.

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