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.
I've been invited to a 40 year SAS reunion at Credenhill, and after that I'm taking a train to Edinburgh to see the Tattoo. I haven't seen it in about 40 years. How time flies.
Here's the computer Internet URL of a photograph of me the first time I wore my brand new kilt in public, taken on National Tartan Day 2007 in Alexandria, Virginia.
I've been invited to a 40 year SAS reunion at Credenhill, and after that I'm taking a train to Edinburgh to see the Tattoo. I haven't seen it in about 40 years. How time flies.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy, and post up some pictures when you come back - of freckled faced Scottish lasses!!
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ReplyDeleteHere's the computer Internet URL of a photograph of me the first time I wore my brand new kilt in public, taken on National Tartan Day 2007 in Alexandria, Virginia.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/writesong/900608631/in/album-72157628442676261/
Very nice beard there, John! You're looking very sharp. I'd bet you could swing a mean Claymore!
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