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.
Oh to live back then, and you had not a concern for the world who the president was. Instead, feeding yourself and family with your old faithful fire arm.
Ya need a good coon dog by your side...
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DeleteWhat's he holding? Looks like it might be a Sharps.
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DeleteHe looks like my neighbor who's always driving around on an antique backhoe.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a muzzle loading (note ramrod) cap lock (note nipple).
ReplyDeleteAnd a tang sight too, look like.
Deletelike to as not, passed down by if not crafted by his Granpap
DeleteOh to live back then, and you had not a concern for the world who the president was. Instead, feeding yourself and family with your old faithful fire arm.
ReplyDeleteAmen Brother...Amen
DeleteLooks like a character from the turkey shoot scene of the 1941 film "Sergeant York". That is a very cool photograph.
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