tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post981640804526931712..comments2024-03-14T13:25:20.613-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: “The wrong coffin was delivered”?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-6920927253764144762010-01-28T19:05:11.063-05:002010-01-28T19:05:11.063-05:00I agree with you Mr. Bell, dead is dead. People sh...I agree with you Mr. Bell, dead is dead. People should remember with kindness people who passed through and touched their lives. We should remember the good in person and be short of memory on their less attractive traits.DAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685772539702013751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-25264757697324996152010-01-28T17:27:56.999-05:002010-01-28T17:27:56.999-05:00As to whether the remains of Maj. John Pitcairn mo...As to whether the remains of Maj. John Pitcairn moldered away on this continent or that? I don‘t know. I think the odds are about fifty-fifty, maybe a bit more likely that Windship unknowingly sent the wrong body to England. <br /><br />As to whether it matters? The people who loved Pitcairn were happy, regardless of what actually happened. For the rest of us, the whole story’s a lesson in not fetishizing dead bodies as much as we sometimes do.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-71673262841225279352010-01-28T16:52:57.899-05:002010-01-28T16:52:57.899-05:00......but after all of the to and fro of documenta.........but after all of the to and fro of documentation supporting the right and wrong body delivered back to England....what are YOUR feelings about the subject, Mr. Bell?John L. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14827783825431694038noreply@blogger.com