tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post5176941572145374717..comments2024-02-26T02:41:19.933-08:00Comments on The Gardener's Eye: The Citadel in Northern HaitiAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771120380247636617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-70019244138705495912015-04-04T10:54:38.817-07:002015-04-04T10:54:38.817-07:00The Citadel is beautiful, Les. It is hard to belie...The Citadel is beautiful, Les. It is hard to believe that it was only a quarter of a century after the colonies got their independence from Great Britian that Haiti became free from France.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771120380247636617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-3311138249436590302015-04-04T06:54:20.421-07:002015-04-04T06:54:20.421-07:00I find it telling that we were never taught Haitia...I find it telling that we were never taught Haitian independence in public school. I had to wait until college. Perhaps it was too "subversive" of a topic for southern schools that had been recently and reluctantly integrated. The Citadel is strikingly beautiful and an important part of world history. Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.com