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Faces of the American Revolution [Photos of Soldiers of Amer Revolution]
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| 07/04/13
Posted on 07/04/2013 7:14:45 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
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To: BunnySlippers
Thank-you great American patriots for making the USA possible.
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posted on
07/05/2013 3:31:58 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
To: DTogo
100%
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posted on
07/05/2013 4:40:23 AM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: hoosiermama
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:00:30 AM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
To: stylecouncilor
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:41:25 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Pharmboy; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks BunnySlippers.
Images of Americans who fought in the Revolution are exceptionally rare because few of the Patriots of 1775-1783 lived until the dawn of practical photography in the early 1840s.
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posted on
07/05/2013 2:20:16 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: BunnySlippers
As a longtime student and practitioner of all things photographic, I tell anyone who will listen,
“Every photograph is an historical document”.
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posted on
07/05/2013 3:02:45 PM PDT
by
Paisan
To: Pharmboy
You’ve probably already been summoned to this thread. If not, here’s your call. I don’t have time to go through the whole thread, looking for your name. I am dumbfounded at these pictures and find them wonderful. I happen to be wearing my “Betsy Ross” flag shirt — a souvenir of Yorktown, today. I wish I’d known these guys — heros all.
Unlike these hardy men, my Rev. War ancestor was in his 50s when he served, so we have no picture of him.
To: BenLurkin
SIMEON HICKS
A Minuteman from Rehoboth, Massachusetts, he drilled every Saturday in the year leading up to the war. In those days, the Minutemen drilled at the local pub because they gave out free beer. True story.
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posted on
07/05/2013 3:56:53 PM PDT
by
EricT.
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To: FreedomPoster; BenLurkin
FreedomPoster:
"The term regulated applied to clocks means accurate in keeping time.
It made sense, particularly in 18th Century armies, to pay a lot of attention to how well soldiers could operate in massed formations." Thanks for that explanation, makes perfect sense.
I've always wondered about it, never saw it explained before.
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posted on
07/06/2013 4:34:48 AM PDT
by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective....)
To: BroJoeK
When I first saw it, it was a revelation for me, too. And I’ve been a big military history buff since childhood, especially the Napoleonic period, so I was very familiar with the weaponry and formations used, since they had changed very little from those used in the War of American Independence. It just made complete sense when viewed in that context.
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posted on
07/06/2013 5:40:32 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: BunnySlippers
To: BunnySlippers
Funny. I don’t see a liberal in the group anywhere!!!
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posted on
07/06/2013 6:10:58 PM PDT
by
ZULU
((See: http://gatesofvienna.net/) Obama, do you hear me?)
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