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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2356524/Faces-American-revolution-Amazing-early-photographs-document-heroes-War-Independence-later-years.htmlamazing
appalachiablue
(41,182 posts)Some tough, fierce, healthy and ornery men- long lived too. Can you see us living and struggling like they did, as comfortable as we are? Ha- 'Pass me the remote, and the chips-'
Historic NY
(37,454 posts)The Revolution's Last Men: The Soldiers Behind the Photographs Hardcover April 6, 2015
diabeticman
(3,121 posts)HR_Pufnstuf
(837 posts)Vote Webb 2016
JustAnotherGen
(31,937 posts)Awesome. . . and right after the Civil War. What that man must have thought about that (Civil War) . . . We'll never know.
Fix The Stupid
(949 posts)Lol...
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This Canadian finds that list ironic.
renegade000
(2,301 posts)the trend doesn't look nearly as silly, though I sympathize with the more general point. However, I'd say some success can be claimed for the revolution, as we don't have this on our currency:
Fix The Stupid
(949 posts)Call me crazy, but I live near the border, Southern Ontario. I get all your TV Channels...
It seems the US is more in love with the Royal family than Canada is...
Non-stop BS about Princess Kate and the new welfare bum about to be born - it just seems, I don't know, weird, considering the US and their historical relationship with the UK...
And yes, having a "queen" definitely angers a lot of Canadians, but a lot of Canadians are ambivalent on this issue as well...sort of a "it ain't broke, don't fix it" kind of mentality...
But yeah, there's worse things in the world then having her old mug on our $$$.
frogmarch
(12,160 posts)I shared the link on Facebook. I love this! Thanks for posting it.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)for their own freedom to Nova Scotia and then to found Sierra Leone
it's like a badassery vortex by this point!
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)with the lack of health care knowledge we have today, and still they lived so long