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.
Loretta and Oliver Lynn with Peggy and Patsy Lynn. The twins came in 1964. The background is the front of the Hurricane Mills mansion purchased in 1966.
She was a Scots-Irish hillbilly through-and-through. As my own Scots-Irish hillbilly mother said when she learned of her death, “She never forgot where she came from.” Probably the highest praise I can imagine.
Isn't that Loretta Lynn?
ReplyDeleteSure is. She recently passed away at the age of 90.
ReplyDeleteLike the post below, find someone you look at like he looks at her.
ReplyDeleteYou know, in that picture, the husband sort of resembles William Shatner. The whole family appears content, happy smiles all around.
ReplyDeleteLoretta and Oliver Lynn with Peggy and Patsy Lynn.
ReplyDeleteThe twins came in 1964. The background is the front of the Hurricane Mills mansion purchased in 1966.
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DeleteShe was a Scots-Irish hillbilly through-and-through. As my own Scots-Irish hillbilly mother said when she learned of her death, “She never forgot where she came from.” Probably the highest praise I can imagine.
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DeleteDon't come home a drinkin", with lovin' on your mind.
ReplyDeleteI reckon Mooney came home sober at least five nights.
DeleteUntil they start hitting each other, drunk, and also hitting the kids.
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