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.
I thought that looked familiar. I visited there almost 70 years ago; probably about the same time as those kids played there if the clothes are any indication.
They're playing in Mons Meg on the battlements of Edinburgh Castle.
ReplyDeleteI thought that looked familiar. I visited there almost 70 years ago; probably about the same time as those kids played there if the clothes are any indication.
DeleteI was going to say Edinburgh as well. What a great place.
DeleteTell your grandkids this is how you used to get to school before busses were invented.
ReplyDeleteStone cannonballs?
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