America's Stonehenge

12 bar Jun 3, 2002 17:58:48

I'm travelling to New England in the near future and was taken by a place with the above title. I knew there were mound builders in Ohio and around St,. Louis but never realised the indigenous population of America created this kind of work. America's Stonehenge here I jolly well come.

FourWinds Jun 3, 2002 19:49:29

Replying to 12 bar

Hi 12bar

There is a thread on this below with some wild and whacky links in it. Well worth hunting for.

You will soon see that the US 'enthusiast' is one that still will not accept that the indiginous population has any claim to these creations. Actually, the American Indians do say that they are from another time too, but the modern, white US citizen still tries to link these monuments with Europe in some bizarre ways.

A friend of mine had an e-mail regarding an Ogham stone in Ohio for crying out loud!!

They call their stone altars 'dolmens' and all sorts of madness.

Americans still can't get to grips with the concept of ancient history!

Enjoy your trip and try to enlighten a few folk on your travels.

albion Jun 8, 2002 03:16:33

Replying to 12 bar

I live in Boston which is not too far from this site (which is north of here in New Hampshire). Get in touch when you arrive and let me know if you will be in this area.
I have heard the guy who owns and runs America's Stonhenge is nice but perhaps a bit misguided in terms of what the actual history and origins of the site are. The Celtic Paganism class at Harvard has taken field trips there in the past...
Let us know how you find it...
Oh, and to the others on this thread, do please refrain from lumping all Americans together! It is a big country. And contrary to popular opinion, we didn't all vote for that idiot shrub!
I think the Brits on this list would not appreciate being stereotyped, either...easy though it would be to do so. (That's kinda how stereotypes work, innit?)

Cheers,
peg