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To: indcons; Chani; thefactor; blam; aculeus; ELS; Doctor Raoul; mainepatsfan; timpad; ...

Sunset over the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument in Ft Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY

More than 10,000 patriots died in these floating hellholes: more died here than on all the battlefields of the Revolution combined.

Their bones remain.

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2 posted on 05/14/2007 8:21:13 PM PDT by Pharmboy ([She turned me into a] Newt! in '08)

To: Pharmboy

Thanks for the ping. I didn’t realize the toll was that high.

3 posted on 05/14/2007 8:26:05 PM PDT by NonValueAdded

To: Pharmboy

More than 10,000 patriots died in these floating hellholes: more died here than on all the battlefields of the Revolution combined.

I never knew so many had perished on those ships.

4 posted on 05/14/2007 8:28:51 PM PDT by aculeus

To: Pharmboy

thanks, bfl

6 posted on 05/14/2007 9:47:41 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)

To: Pharmboy

Thanks for the ping.

I was born about a block away.

10 posted on 05/15/2007 5:21:01 AM PDT by StatenIsland

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