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.
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
A tough bunch of hombres
Troops and Apache scouts pursuing Chiricahua Apaches along the U. S. Mexico border in 1885 or 1886.
Back when men were men.
ReplyDeleteand all men wore hats and carried a rifle.
DeleteThey won the West.
DeleteI've seen Scratch & Spit photos as impressive.
ReplyDeleteI've seen Scratch & Spit photos as impressive.
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