Monday, April 11, 2005
Frostburg Authors' Showcase
Saturday I attended an Authors' Showcase in Western Maryland. It's that part of Maryland that doesn't seem connected with all the rest of the state. It is about 300 miles from here and in the mountains. We stayed in the Hotel Gunter built in 1897 and redecorated in Victorian splendor. In the hotel basement was a prison. At one time, deputies transporting prisoners from place to place could stay in the hotel and deposit their prisoners downstairs while they enjoyed the amenities of the big hotel. There was also a cock fighting arena in the basement.
About twenty authors from Maryland and Virginia attended the program. We had great weather for our trip and we enjoyed the outing. It is always a treat to get together with other writers.
On the way home, we visited Antietam National Battlefield where more American were killed in one day than in any day in our history. It is pretty and peaceful place where 23,000 Confederates and Yankees were killed in 1862. After the Union victory, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in the Confederate states.
About twenty authors from Maryland and Virginia attended the program. We had great weather for our trip and we enjoyed the outing. It is always a treat to get together with other writers.
On the way home, we visited Antietam National Battlefield where more American were killed in one day than in any day in our history. It is pretty and peaceful place where 23,000 Confederates and Yankees were killed in 1862. After the Union victory, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in the Confederate states.
