Our buried 1775 surface has yielded another British and another provincial musket ball. (1/2)
Our buried 1775 surface has yielded another British and another provincial musket ball. (1/2)
But remember there are bullet holes Église St-Éloi, S.London has stretchers for fences, &the US still unearths musketballs from the revolutionary war
Despite that we still had the 80s the internet µwave popcorn
We will come back from this
But remember there are bullet holes Église St-Éloi, S.London has stretchers for fences, &the US still unearths musketballs from the revolutionary war
Despite that we still had the 80s the internet µwave popcorn
We will come back from this
Not being able to imagine them is... funny.
Not being able to imagine them is... funny.
Wars: Terrible to live with, but great for historians.
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In 1776 New York revolutionaries tore down this lead statue of King George III — posed as Caesar — and turned him into musketballs.
Sic semper tyrannis.
In 1776 New York revolutionaries tore down this lead statue of King George III — posed as Caesar — and turned him into musketballs.
Sic semper tyrannis.
We have a similar situation at Cheriton.
We have a similar situation at Cheriton.
militia men melted statues into musketballs
both during the revolution and ww2, they produced their own clothing, their own foods, their own entertainment
they marched, they spoke, they met, they kept ideas & hope alive
they worked in secret and relied on their fellow man
militia men melted statues into musketballs
both during the revolution and ww2, they produced their own clothing, their own foods, their own entertainment
they marched, they spoke, they met, they kept ideas & hope alive
they worked in secret and relied on their fellow man
One soldier crammed twenty-three musketballs in the same barrel rather than fire one at an enemy. I'll be thinking about that a while.
My own grandfather was a Navy Seabee involved in Iwo Jima in WW2. He told me he never shot anyone, "And I wouldn't have had it any other way."
One soldier crammed twenty-three musketballs in the same barrel rather than fire one at an enemy. I'll be thinking about that a while.
My own grandfather was a Navy Seabee involved in Iwo Jima in WW2. He told me he never shot anyone, "And I wouldn't have had it any other way."
(The fence around Bowling Green once protected a statue of King George which was melted for musketballs, and the fence defaced to remove the crown.)
(The fence around Bowling Green once protected a statue of King George which was melted for musketballs, and the fence defaced to remove the crown.)
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