No one respects history anymore... historical societies are having a hard time find money and the people to back restoration. In most cases it too expensive. Where I come from we have a house even old than the Duke's old house... Laura Ingalls Wilder's old homestead in DeSmet, South Dakota. It's been preserved as I imagine The Duke's house is. You can walk through it and see some of the old furniture they had back then. The problem with most people is we have become a disposable society. We buy things cheap so when it breaks we just toss it away and buy new. Buying this cheaply made crap from China instead of employing Americans, paying a little more for quality and making things here that would last longer.
Dakota, I couldn't agree with you more.... you have summed up my thoughts perfectly. I forgot to mention that when I was a wee (I like to say wee 
) little lad of about 9 I visited his birthplace and got an cavalry revolver! That thing was awesome. Sadly though I wasn't a die hard Duke fan back then....
