Memorial Day: Remembering the Scottish Generals of the US War of Independence

[MacBean]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachlan_McIntosh
" General Lachlan McIntosh's great-great-nephews, James M. McIntosh and John Baillie McIntosh, were generals on opposite sides in the American Civil War."

One of my father's deathbed memories was picking peonies for Decoration Day in the fields planted by my great grandfather. Peonies have long been a traditional flower for this purpose; those in the picture are from my own garden. My best peonies bloomed three weeks ago.