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War diary sheds light on Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man to join Continental Army
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| July 4, 2019
| James Rogers | Fox News
Posted on 07/04/2019 8:08:30 PM PDT by ETL
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To: PghBaldy
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks ETL.
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07/04/2019 10:13:16 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: lee martell
Sorry, never seen SNL. Or Steinfeld, or whatever it is ...Cave dweller to some, I suppose, just not urban.
Did see the original Ghostbuster thing at least, Sigourney Weaver was hot.
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To: Tax-chick
Eowyn daughter of Eomund, a.k.a. Dernhelm, in The Return of the King.
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07/05/2019 12:20:37 AM PDT
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YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: ETL
They’re both part of my ancestry. Both Sampsom and Weston were from Mayflower passenger lineage as well.
My surname line married into both families.
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07/05/2019 4:28:49 AM PDT
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Pollard
(If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
To: Rebelbase
“Private Sampson, how come we never see you peeing standing up?”
I did Rev War during the Bicentennial years. For men, taking a whiz wearing 18th century britches is simple with its barn door front. No. 2 requires first getting out of your helmet, crossbelts, regimental coat, and undoing several buttons.
How she kept that and her personal hygiene secret is lost to history. Thankfully so.
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07/05/2019 7:06:04 AM PDT
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elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: lee martell
Megan Rabineau could play the part of Deborah Sampson. Oh wait. She’s so anti American she’d never join the Continental Army to fight for freedom.
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