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.
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Mexican revolutionaries with Pancho Villa far left, early 19th century. Everyone's always having fun in Mexico
In Columbus NM at the Pancho Vila state park they have a museum about the 1916 raid and US incursion into Mexico looking for Villa. That museum was a good stop.
My grandfather fought in the Mexican border campaigns riding horse cavalry. I think he rode with General Pershing (and later fought in WW I and WW II). He used to regale us grandkids with tales of gallantry and danger. He practiced with the cavalry by riding at posts at top speed with melons or gourds on top of the posts and spear them through.
Mine too Soylant. He served under Pershing on the border chasing Poncho and gang. Back when I was young he showed me pictures of him and his company clad in campaign hats and puttees at their bivouac on the border. gee I wish I had them pics now,
I remember reading about Zapata killing a whole prison full of Mexican PW's. Took him all day. That guy was ruthless and bloodthirsty. No different that what prowls down there now.
Slight correction: early 20th century, not 19th.
ReplyDeleteFun Fact: Ammo belts cris-crossed like that make wonderful targets.
ReplyDeleteIn Columbus NM at the Pancho Vila state park they have a museum about the 1916 raid and US incursion into Mexico looking for Villa. That museum was a good stop.
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather fought in the Mexican border campaigns riding horse cavalry. I think he rode with General Pershing (and later fought in WW I and WW II). He used to regale us grandkids with tales of gallantry and danger. He practiced with the cavalry by riding at posts at top speed with melons or gourds on top of the posts and spear them through.
ReplyDeleteMine too Soylant. He served under Pershing on the border chasing Poncho and gang. Back when I was young he showed me pictures of him and his company clad in campaign hats and puttees at their bivouac on the border. gee I wish I had them pics now,
DeleteEarly 20th century or 1900's, they're the same.
ReplyDeleteHe's correcting the info that the photo was taken in the 19th century, which is the 1800s, not the 1900s.
DeleteI remember reading about Zapata killing a whole prison full of Mexican PW's. Took him all day. That guy was ruthless and bloodthirsty. No different that what prowls down there now.
ReplyDeleteIn the end...they needed more ammo...
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