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, December 17, 2019
Great - Great - Great - Great-grandfather....Maybe.
Chapell de Fer (variously spelled). Brim added to Saxon helmet. Used by messengers, archers, etc. for situational awareness. Great great great grand Daddy of the Brit WWI helmet.
I think you need a bunch more Greats there to even get to a maybe...
ReplyDeleteI'll have to use scientific notation: Great x10
DeleteI have a 3rd great grandfather that was born in 1804.
ReplyDeleteIf he had a red hair'd, freckle faced woman in tow, it would be more convincing.
ReplyDeleteChapell de Fer (variously spelled). Brim added to Saxon helmet. Used by messengers, archers, etc. for situational awareness. Great great great grand Daddy of the Brit WWI helmet.
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