Time for a little fun on a Sunday in July, which ought to be a time of rest, I suppose, but for a lot of us is the heart of the scholarship-producing season....
I'm guessing that Faculty Lounge readers are feeling pretty satisfied with themselves right now -- you all picked off the Lawyer House trivia, Judge House trivia (twice); you got the courthouse trivia. You all think you're mighty smart, huh?
Ok. Well, try this one on. At right is a picture of a Trailways Bus Terminal that the Freedom Riders visited. Where is it? (I'm not sure I should be giving hints, but here's one -- this was a place the Freedom Riders visited, but it was not a scene of conflict.)
Petersburg, Virginia?
Posted by: Bob Strassfeld | July 18, 2011 at 09:35 AM
You're good Bob! You are darn good.
Posted by: Alfred Brophy | July 18, 2011 at 01:17 PM
Thanks, but only so good. Your hint was a big help, since as I recall from Rock Hill and beyond nothing went smoothly or easily.
Posted by: Bob Strassfeld | July 19, 2011 at 10:56 AM
Well, you know your Freedom Riders history! That bus station is now abandoned, I think. It's along a most exciting stretch of road, though -- there's a Baptist church in the next block that goes back to before the war. In fact, Petersburg is filled with some awesome and under-explored places. Given the length of the siege I'm sort of shocked at how much survived from before the war. And as legal historians may recall it's also the subject of a terrific book based in part on probate records -- Suzanne Lebsock's Free Women of Petersburg. So legal records, as well as buildings, have survived.
I clearly need to get an even tougher trivia question. Alas, I'm getting to the end of my summer pictures. I'll see about one or two more monument trivia questions soon.
Posted by: Alfred Brophy | July 19, 2011 at 01:52 PM