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.
Saturday, March 13, 2021
A Royal Navy grog barrel with the coat of arms in original paint, c. 1800
Make a cool end table in my office, and a nice place to store hundreds of 19th century silver dollars away from prying eyes.
ReplyDeletePussers Rum, I reckon....
ReplyDeleteBrings a Tear to my eye for this old sailor!!!
ReplyDeleteNelson's body was placed in a cask of brandy mixed with camphor and myrrh, which was then lashed to the Victory's mainmast and placed under guard.
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