Revolutionary War remnant pulled from Delaware River

AP via pennlive.com ^ | 11/24/2007 | EDWARD COLIMORE

[Pharmboy]

Quite a find...here's what some versions looked like:

[Tribune7]

ping

[Pharmboy]

A Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend ping for the RevWar/Colonial History/General Washington list...and thanks to blam for freepmailing the link to me.

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[SoCalPol]

Wonderful to still find Rev. War items
especially is such good condition.

[Martins kid]

Amazing

[RDTF]

cool!

[Liberty Valance]

*Revolutionary War Ping*

[hedgetrimmer]

How very interesting!

[ApplegateRanch]

A caltrops for ships. Cool.

[JerseyHighlander]

This is the only pic I found on the net that shows the iron barb separate from the wood.

[Gondring]

I don’t see why they think it was part of the 1775 ones and not the ‘77-’78 ones. Location?

[rdl6989]

I’m glad it went to a museum.

[sit-rep]

Neat!!

Thanks for the ping...

[SunkenCiv]

Nice find!

[Brucifer]

“The French term cheval-de-frise means ‘horse from Friesland,’”

Frisians?

Great flag Dude. Where’d ya get it? LOL

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

That yellow pine must be something else! This find is really cool, too!

[familyop]

"Bruns said the newly discovered relic was probably placed in the river in 1775, at a time when the Pennsylvania Council of Safety, under the direction of Benjamin Franklin, was overseeing the colony's defense."

...Benjamin Franklin, a combat engineer? That's pretty gay. ;-)

[Libertina]

GREAT story of Americans WINNING a war through smart tactics! No doubt the liberals would not have approved of employing the Chevaux de Frise! LOL

[Liberty Valance]

Great flag Dude. Where’d ya get it?

A FReeper gave it to me ;o)

[EDINVA]

“No doubt the liberals would not have approved of employing the Chevaux de Frise!”

My thought exactly!