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Revolutionary War flags to be auctioned.
News Telegraph ^
| 22/11/2005
| Will Bennett
Posted on 11/21/2005 7:59:12 PM PST by Leatherneck_MT
Four rare battle flags captured during the American War of Independence by a British officer have been returned after more than two centuries to be auctioned.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; Unclassified; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: british; colonists; revolution; revolutionarywar; tarleton
To: Leatherneck_MT
The regimental colours seized in 1779 and 1780 by Lt Col Banastre Tarleton, who remains one of the conflict's most controversial figures...No doubt the model for Col. William Tavington in The Patriot (2000), well-played by Jason Isaacs.
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11/21/2005 8:09:22 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("To the terrorists, the media is a vital force multiplier" Brig. Gen. Donald Alston (USAF) 10/31/05)
To: NonValueAdded
No doubt the model for Col. William Tavington in The Patriot (2000), well-played by Jason Isaacs. Exactly so. They had waaaayy too much fun making that, BTW.
Looks like another sleepless night for me- so maybe I'll put it in the machine and watch it again.
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11/21/2005 8:13:12 PM PST
by
Riley
("Bother" said Pooh, as he fired the Claymores.)
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