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.
It was an actual shade of fabric available in the time of the War of 1812: 'Merde d'oie' - goose shit - a bronze-green/brown color. Perfect for the autumn balls and cotillions.
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ReplyDeleteGoes along with what my cousin John used to call "Turkey Turd Tan".
ReplyDelete. . . and Buzzard’s Butt Brown
DeleteThere's lots of goosie poopsie around South Lake Tahoe; and yes, that is pretty much the colorl
ReplyDeleteOld photo, they made them change the name of Plimoth Plantation to Plimoth Patuxet Museum. Political Correctness.
ReplyDeleteWent to a couple of Thanksgiving events there back in the day when I lived in Plymouth.
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It was an actual shade of fabric available in the time of the War of 1812: 'Merde d'oie' - goose shit - a bronze-green/brown color. Perfect for the autumn balls and cotillions.
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