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re: 248 years ago tonight, three future U.S. Presidents would cross the Delaware River...
Posted on 12/25/24 at 11:23 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 12/25/24 at 11:23 am to RollTide1987
Washington could never get insurance because they knew he stood up in the boat
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Posted on 12/25/24 at 11:31 am to RollTide1987
quote:"And that was the beginning of the Deep State." - John Barron on the Poli Board
248 years ago tonight, three future U.S. Presidents would cross the Delaware River...
Posted on 12/25/24 at 11:37 am to RollTide1987
Hamilton played a key role commanding the artillery, which won his position as aide-de-camp to Washington.
Posted on 12/25/24 at 11:54 am to Locoguan0
Saratoga is generally pointed to as the turning point of the war. However, without Trenton there would have been no Saratoga, and the Continental Army would have likely dissolved.
Posted on 12/25/24 at 12:42 pm to thejudge
Interesting note, the tea tax was a 3 pence per pound not 3%. that was significantly more than 3% considering price of pound of tea was 2-3 Schilling (schilling = 12p). The tax was imposed in 1767 Townshend Act and the Tea Act of 1773 kept it in place the 3p tax on colonists but allowed duty free export from Britain which actually lowered cost of imported British tea thus giving East India Company an unfair trade advantage (undercutting black market Dutch tea smugglers.) Perhaps surprisingly, the consumer price may have been cut 33% from 3 schilling for smuggled tea to 2 for british import after tea act. wikipedia Boston Tea Party
Posted on 12/25/24 at 12:53 pm to Robin Masters
I’m a member of the SAR and have proven lineage for 5 patriots. Wife is a DAR member with 3 patriots. I have about 20 more but can’t get the proper paperwork. I have 3 all I need is a will, proof marriage or family bible records.
Fun digging up history!
Fun digging up history!
Posted on 12/25/24 at 12:54 pm to TorchtheFlyingTiger
Yep.
Hard to fit fit inside a meme though :)
Merry Christmas!
Hard to fit fit inside a meme though :)
Merry Christmas!
Posted on 12/25/24 at 12:57 pm to thejudge
There will be a reenactment tonight, with dudes dressed up in their uniforms, its pretty cool to witness...
Posted on 12/25/24 at 1:06 pm to 3D
Posted on 12/25/24 at 1:09 pm to 3D
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Posted on 12/25/24 at 1:22 pm to 3D
Posted on 12/25/24 at 2:13 pm to 3D
My FiL's people were Hessians, captured there and imprisoned in Frederick, Maryland in what's now called the Hessian Barracks. After the war, they were released and many chose to stay and be part of this new country, including my FiL's people.
Posted on 12/25/24 at 2:57 pm to OMLandshark
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Didn’t know that Madison and Monroe were there. Pretty cool stuff
Monroe was shot and nearly died. A musket ball severed his artery and a field surgeon opened him up and clamped the artery, which was a pretty radical procedure at the time. We nearly lost the Monroe Doctrine that day.
Posted on 12/25/24 at 3:06 pm to NoMoreKnees
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I’m a member of the SAR
I’m eligible for SAR, but have not pursued it.
My great x grandfather was a member of the Acadian Coast Militia and was in the Galvez Expedition that captured Baton Rouge, Natchez, and Pensacola from the British.
Posted on 12/25/24 at 3:07 pm to OMLandshark
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Didn’t know that Madison and Monroe were there. Pretty cool stuff
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and John Marshall were there also I believe
Posted on 12/25/24 at 3:19 pm to Robin Masters
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I’m in the process of applying for membership in the Society of the Cincinnati.
Is anyone here a member?
Could have sworn we had one....Is it still just descendants of officers in the continental army or have they opened it up beyond that?
Posted on 12/25/24 at 7:05 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
quote:Madison is the only sitting president to lead troops into battle during wartime
I didn’t realize the other two were in the military as well
Posted on 12/25/24 at 9:27 pm to UnitedFruitCompany
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Could have sworn we had one....Is it still just descendants of officers in the continental army or have they opened it up beyond that?
Yes. It’s just male descendants of officers although if no male heir then I can go through a female (which is what happened in my case). Only one member per officer at any time. My uncle was the member in our family but he passed a year ago. We are out of Virginia. Directly line through Robert E Lee to my grandmother. I really was never told about this lineage until recently which I’m a little frustrated about because I think it would have been meaningful to know.
This post was edited on 12/25/24 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 12/25/24 at 9:30 pm to NoMoreKnees
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I’m a member of the SAR and have proven lineage for 5 patriots. Wife is a DAR member with 3 patriots. I have about 20 more but can’t get the proper paperwork. I have 3 all I need is a will, proof marriage or family bible records. Fun digging up history!
I find it fascinating as well. As a kid those people seemed so old and so far removed but when you actually look at the tree it’s not that many people.
My son will inherent the Society of Cincinnati membership at some point and I definitely want my daughter to join the DAR when eligible although at 13 she’s not that interested yet.
Posted on 12/25/24 at 9:31 pm to RollTide1987
I don't know who GW's DEI director was, but there's no trans black women or no 400 lb wheelchair bound women in his boat.
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