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, September 15, 2020
Soldiers struggle to pull a huge piece of artillery through the WWI mud, c.1918.
Pulling it along train tracks so it won't sink out of sight in the mud. Likely the horses were all dead by this time in the war and men became the draft animals.
Trenching along side the road to help it drain to keep it firm is a nice touch. Of course putting men in the trench to help pull means the muck they're in is far worse than the gun. Men are cheap, guns are expensive.
and the chunks around the wheels are the Pedrail system by Diplock. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/08/pedrail-system-by-diplock-in-1904-pages.html I love your variety, those sci fi art pieces, and darn it, who doesn't love the snow leapoards! Did you post the attack kitten that made it's mom mock jump like it was scared? Adorable. Many compliments from a daily reader
Pulling it along train tracks so it won't sink out of sight in the mud. Likely the horses were all dead by this time in the war and men became the draft animals.
ReplyDeleteActually, we use HMMWVs or 5-tons.
ReplyDeleteWhat a drag man.
ReplyDeleteThis is what White Privilege looked like a hundred years ago.
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Trenching along side the road to help it drain to keep it firm is a nice touch. Of course putting men in the trench to help pull means the muck they're in is far worse than the gun. Men are cheap, guns are expensive.
ReplyDeleteand the chunks around the wheels are the Pedrail system by Diplock. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/08/pedrail-system-by-diplock-in-1904-pages.html I love your variety, those sci fi art pieces, and darn it, who doesn't love the snow leapoards! Did you post the attack kitten that made it's mom mock jump like it was scared? Adorable. Many compliments from a daily reader
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