What you may not know about the Fourth of July.
Jul 3, 2017 20:10:43 #
peter11937
Loc: NYS
Loki wrote:
Current Politicians? Who are you kidding? Most of those bastards wouldn't even give up their parking space.
Loki. do you know abut the 11,000 to 13,000 who died in prison in NY Harbor? There were 3,800 combat deaths in the Revolution by way of comparison.... http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-hms-jersey
Jul 3, 2017 20:15:45 #
peter11937
Loc: NYS
Here's a better link to the murderous prisons.... is it any wonder that there was resentment into the 20th century about the brits? http://www.longislandgenealogy.com/prison.html A few names are local to my home town....
Jul 3, 2017 20:24:21 #
Hey guys, I was born at 0005 on July 5th. Does that count for anything? Mike
Loki wrote:
No, the vote was taken on the 2nd. It became law o... (show quote)
Jul 3, 2017 21:48:45 #
peter11937 wrote:
Loki. do you know abut the 11,000 to 13,000 who died in prison in NY Harbor? There were 3,800 combat deaths in the Revolution by way of comparison.... http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-hms-jersey
I was not aware that the figure was quite that high.
Jul 3, 2017 23:54:38 #
peter11937
Loc: NYS
Loki wrote:
I was not aware that the figure was quite that high.
Many of the names are local to my town. There was a strong anti British feeling here despite he British origin of the town. It ended with my Grandfather's generation, but echos remained in a few families who remained suspicious of families of those suspected of being Tory..
Jul 4, 2017 12:55:17 #
Loki wrote:
Current Politicians? Who are you kidding? Most of those bastards wouldn't even give up their parking space.
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