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Six American Independence War Maps Up For Auction
Breitbart ^ | May 20, 2016

Posted on 05/20/2016 3:02:24 PM PDT by Ray76

Six maps from the American War of Independence, which helped convince George Washington to make a crucial change in strategy, go up for auction in a French chateau next month.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: georgewashington; godsgravesglyphs; rochambeau; thegeneral; therevolution

1 posted on 05/20/2016 3:02:24 PM PDT by Ray76
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To: Ray76

Those maps will soon be illegal to own here.


2 posted on 05/20/2016 3:10:22 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: Ray76

A map lover’s dream....


3 posted on 05/20/2016 4:12:05 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SunkenCiv

Ping.


4 posted on 05/20/2016 4:26:06 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Ray76

They are letting someone touch that map with their finger?


5 posted on 05/20/2016 4:28:52 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Duchess47

First thing that came to my mind too.


6 posted on 05/20/2016 5:04:06 PM PDT by mkleesma (`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
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To: Duchess47
Either it's in a sleeve or it's a working copy. Yes, copies are that good.

Rochambeau's maps of the Revolutionary War are in the Library of Congress and can be viewed on line. They're extraordinary.

7 posted on 05/20/2016 10:31:01 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Thanks, that makes sense. I saw the picture and thought no one in their right mind would touch that with a bare finger or let someone do it if it were actually original.


8 posted on 05/20/2016 10:38:50 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Lurking Libertarian; afraidfortherepublic; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; ...
Thanks Lurking Libertarian.

9 posted on 05/21/2016 12:32:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: Duchess47; mkleesma; Sacajaweau

It appears to be inside two panes of glass or plastic.


10 posted on 05/21/2016 12:34:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thank you.


11 posted on 05/21/2016 12:41:03 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: sauropod

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12 posted on 05/21/2016 7:28:50 PM PDT by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man.)
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To: Ray76; Pharmboy; Doctor Raoul; indcons; Chani; thefactor; blam; aculeus; ELS; mainepatsfan; ...
The RevWar/Colonial History/General Washington ping list.

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

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13 posted on 05/22/2016 10:55:17 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (JFK Wanted To Send Man To Moon - Obama Wants To Send Man To Ladies Room)
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To: NonValueAdded

Thank you for taking on this ping list.


14 posted on 05/22/2016 1:00:38 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. FrankliIn)
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To: NonValueAdded

Thank you for taking up the mantle.


15 posted on 05/22/2016 1:02:01 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: NonValueAdded

Good for you. You are a modern minute man who hears the call and responds.


16 posted on 05/22/2016 1:13:04 PM PDT by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain for a slasher, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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To: NonValueAdded

Thank you! We are going to need to hear the motivational writings of our favorite time period.


17 posted on 05/22/2016 4:25:49 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: Billthedrill; Publius; Jacquerie

ping


18 posted on 05/22/2016 4:55:26 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance)
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To: Loud Mime

IIRC, the drawing of battlefield topography was a course of study at West Point, well into the early 20th century.


19 posted on 05/22/2016 5:21:59 PM PDT by Jacquerie
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To: NonValueAdded; afraidfortherepublic; Pharmboy
Thank you for taking over this important ping list, NonValueAdded!

And also a big thank you to afraidfortherepublic and Pharmboy for your great work on this ping list in the last. :-)

20 posted on 05/23/2016 9:38:36 AM PDT by nutmeg (Hillary's Lies Matter)
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