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.
Missed it by THAT much!
ReplyDeleteSome equivalent to a "barn find" or "mechanics special"!
ReplyDeleteWW2 Japanese 'Pete' I think
ReplyDeletePeter O'Toole
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ReplyDelete'Washing Machine Charlie' met his match somehow!
ReplyDeleteThere is enough of that left, to make it worth looking at for salvage, I would think. Not many , if any Pete's left!
ReplyDeleteMaybe not useful for structural purposes, but would make great museum piece.
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