M Chris Bryan
Taxes imposed by the government on imported goods to raise operating funds, more familiarly known as tariffs, have been around since the late 1700s and are a current topic of heated debate. In the December Newsletter, you’ll learn about a tariff imposed by President Lincoln on a commodity thought to be a crucial factor for victory. See newsletter page 3 for more.
Speaker and military veteran M. Chris Bryan will return to our Round Table stage on Tuesday, December 3, to tell the little studied story of the Corps that never lost a color or a gun. See newsletter page 2 for dinner signup information and a synopsis of Mr. Bryan’s presentation.
History suggests that General William Tecumseh Sherman is to be thanked for the Southern tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day. Back then, cowpeas, as they were known, were relegated to animal feed. But after Union soldiers raided Confederate food supplies (legend says they took everything except the peas and salted pork), the peas became a symbol of luck in the South. And so, if it be your wish to ‘rebel’ against the New Year’s Day (German) tradition of pork and sauerkraut, you’ll find lots of black-eyed peas and ham recipes online. Here’s a wish for all the joy of the coming season!
Barry