Those M&D words: Forks of Brandywine

[Bryan Snyder]

They also do one of those reenactments each year in the summer. something
that brings in a lot of out-of-towners, but as a local I'm a bit jaded with
those. I forget when they occur but anyone interested can "Google" Battle of
the Brandywine reenactments and find out with a quickness I'm sure.
There's also a very nice art festival that takes place that weekend.

 

The Wyeth family is also from (and mostly still resides, I believe) in the
area.  The farmhouse where N.C. (I think it was N.C.) did the famous "Helga"
paintings is on my road.  J

 

B

 

From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
Of Mark Kohut
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 4:05 PM
To: pynchon -l
Subject: RE: Those M&D words: Forks of Brandywine

 

And it is a bit higher in elevation, correct, Monte? Site says incline Left
and Incline Right.

 

In a history of the famous battle, it seems the Brit general feinted
straight at we Rebels while he sent a major force around back via the
fork....he lost.

 

and, maybe, later planned battles as a consequence did not take place, says
one site.

so, as is constant with TRP, the "fork" may also be an historical one, in
Time. so to speak.

Monte Davis <monte.davis at verizon.net> wrote:

> Is it a town, a village? Google gives only the eponymic 
> Presbyterian Church. 
> Why 'forks', because of a bifurcating river or road ?

The tributaries (themselves, colloquially, forks) of Brandywine Creek drain
the whole area around the church, so it's a district. If you go here (about
8 mi SE of the church), you'll see the primary fork about a mile upstream
from the Brandywine Picnic Park.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Forks+of+Brandywine&sll=39.989221,-7
5.578384&sspn=0.663388,0.477905&ie=UTF8&ll=39.909275,-75.637951&spn=0.083021
,0.059738&z=14&om=1

It's about 45 miles WSW of where I live.



 

  

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