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.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Of course, during a raging snowstorm - it's the Finnish way!
Finnish Field Marshal Mannerheim greeting officers of the Swedish Volunteer Battalion at Hanko during a snowstorm. The banner of the Swedish Volunteer Battalion can be seen in the background. Finland, 14 December 1941.
Saw a company of Norwegian soldiers standing in formation, in a blinding blizzard, on the edge of a runway in Evenes Norway when King Harold the Fifth came in for a visit. Our own airplanes would not land but yet the Kings aircraft swooped in no issues. Tried to get a picture of the King coming off the airplane but it was so snowy out all I got was a giant white mess!!
Or as the Finns call it, Summer.
ReplyDeleteSnow for sure but hardly a 'Raging Snowstorm'.
ReplyDeleteFrom the appearance of the banner, looks to be about force 5 or 6 on the Beaufort scale. Parade conditions for Scandinavians.
ReplyDeleteSaw a company of Norwegian soldiers standing in formation, in a blinding blizzard, on the edge of a runway in Evenes Norway when King Harold the Fifth came in for a visit. Our own airplanes would not land but yet the Kings aircraft swooped in no issues. Tried to get a picture of the King coming off the airplane but it was so snowy out all I got was a giant white mess!!
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