Irony
Randy got to Clarion last night just after midnight. We unloaded the UHAUL this morning and returned it. Right now he and I are in the Clarion library trying to make some final arrangements for our final return to Mississippi to move the rest of our stuff before we have to be out of the house down there on the 10th. Of course, to this point any time we have made the plans for multiple trips between PA and MS, something has thwarted them, so now we are in a crunch and now not able to take what we thought would be a somewhat leisurely break from all this to enjoy the weekend in Virginia at sometime-commenter sp's party celebrating his wedding last Christmas.
Anyway, as we are googling and booking and arranging, I noticed that the Jackson Airport is named the Jackson-Evers International Airport. I asked Randy if the airport was named in honor of Medgar Evers, which after I looked it up on Wikipedia, I confirmed that was the case since this past December (which is why it was news to me). What makes this a beautiful irony is that the airport is right next to a large recreational and residential resevoir, the Barnett Resevoir,which was named in honor of Mississippi's pro-segregation governor at the time of the Ole Miss integration. Even more ironic to the placement of these two named sites next to one another that Barnett may have unduly intimidated the jury with his presence and support of de la Beckwith during the first trial for Medgar Evers' murder.
If I had been in Mississippi at all last year, I surely would have seen this in the local papers. But since I wasn't, it's news to me.
Anyway, as we are googling and booking and arranging, I noticed that the Jackson Airport is named the Jackson-Evers International Airport. I asked Randy if the airport was named in honor of Medgar Evers, which after I looked it up on Wikipedia, I confirmed that was the case since this past December (which is why it was news to me). What makes this a beautiful irony is that the airport is right next to a large recreational and residential resevoir, the Barnett Resevoir,which was named in honor of Mississippi's pro-segregation governor at the time of the Ole Miss integration. Even more ironic to the placement of these two named sites next to one another that Barnett may have unduly intimidated the jury with his presence and support of de la Beckwith during the first trial for Medgar Evers' murder.
If I had been in Mississippi at all last year, I surely would have seen this in the local papers. But since I wasn't, it's news to me.
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