And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
http://pawpawshouse.blogspot.com Had this to say about the picture, "Here, we have a rather interesting historical photo. It's controversial, because the 5-pounder smooth bore cannon was generally considered to be obsolete by the time the regional unpleasantness of 1861-1865."
I KNEW time travel was possible if I just went fast enough!
ReplyDeleteAnd that's why the North won.........
ReplyDeleteOl' Cump brought a new definition of total war to Johnny Reb.
ReplyDeleteHuh! I didn't know they had anti-aircraft cannon in that era.
ReplyDeleteLooks like I'll have to get one of those new Common Core textbooks to see what else I missed out on!
http://pawpawshouse.blogspot.com Had this to say about the picture,
ReplyDelete"Here, we have a rather interesting historical photo. It's controversial, because the 5-pounder smooth bore cannon was generally considered to be obsolete by the time the regional unpleasantness of 1861-1865."