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  • Biggfoot44

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    Celebrate Independence Day !

    ( But the fight for Freedom began 14.5 months earlier )
     

    Czechnologist

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    babalou

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    awesome

    A longtime British friend lived for a few years in South Carolina, and now lives back in London. But he spent enough time here that he now “gets” America, and laments the UK’s growing dysfunction. This morning he favored me with a symbolic pouring of some Lipton tea into the Thames and offered all us rebels his best wishes.

    Nice, indeed!!
     

    Docster

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    Remember our brave Founding Fathers, re-read the Constitution, and write your politicians and request they re-read the Constitution and honor their oath of office! fred55

    A great comment on a great thread!:patriot:
     

    Reptile

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    Taking a moment to remember the service of my ancestors in establishing and defending our great nation. In 1776 16 year old Daniel McCollum and his father, Samuel, enlisted in a militia company of the First Rowan Regiment under Colonel Francis Locke in Rowan County NC. Daniel served until 1784, migrated to South Carolina, then to Georgia where he died in 1850. He collected a Revolutionary War pension of $13.33 twice a year from 1842 until his death. He's buried in the hill country of northeast Georgia. I spent a few years locating his burial site and petitioned the VA to provide a marker. We dedicated it on July 4, 2002.
     

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    POP57

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    Taking a moment to remember the service of my ancestors in establishing and defending our great nation. In 1776 16 year old Daniel McCollum and his father, Samuel, enlisted in a militia company of the First Rowan Regiment under Colonel Francis Locke in Rowan County NC. Daniel served until 1784, migrated to South Carolina, then to Georgia where he died in 1850. He collected a Revolutionary War pension of $13.33 twice a year from 1842 until his death. He's buried in the hill country of northeast Georgia. I spent a few years locating his burial site and petitioned the VA to provide a marker. We dedicated it on July 4, 2002.
    Thank you for telling his story. God Bless America
     

    tmo8320

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    Happy fourth of jew lie

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    I’m with Occam.
    This gets a full WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT?

    Today is for all of America, sir.
    We are all Americans.


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    Taking a moment to remember the service of my ancestors in establishing and defending our great nation. In 1776 16 year old Daniel McCollum and his father, Samuel, enlisted in a militia company of the First Rowan Regiment under Colonel Francis Locke in Rowan County NC. Daniel served until 1784, migrated to South Carolina, then to Georgia where he died in 1850. He collected a Revolutionary War pension of $13.33 twice a year from 1842 until his death. He's buried in the hill country of northeast Georgia. I spent a few years locating his burial site and petitioned the VA to provide a marker. We dedicated it on July 4, 2002.


    Outstanding! That’s what America’s made of! RIP Hero!
     

    Czechnologist

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    Taking a moment to remember the service of my ancestors in establishing and defending our great nation. In 1776 16 year old Daniel McCollum and his father, Samuel, enlisted in a militia company of the First Rowan Regiment under Colonel Francis Locke in Rowan County NC. Daniel served until 1784, migrated to South Carolina, then to Georgia where he died in 1850. He collected a Revolutionary War pension of $13.33 twice a year from 1842 until his death. He's buried in the hill country of northeast Georgia. I spent a few years locating his burial site and petitioned the VA to provide a marker. We dedicated it on July 4, 2002.

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    I think I may have posted this a couple of years ago but I agree that it's worth remembering family who were active participants on this day.

    Joshua Stone (1744-1822) rose thru the ranks to company commander of the VA Militia who fought in the Southern Campaigns, notably at King's Mountain and Cowpens.

    https://www.amazon.com/Revolutionary-War-Southern-Backcountry/dp/1589805038/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1XX64W7CKE45P&keywords=revolutionary+war+southern+campaign&qid=1562285652&s=books&sprefix=revolutionary+war+southern+campaign%2Caps%2C168&sr=1-2

    Swisher's book is generally regarded as one of the more in-depth studies of this part of The Revolutionary War. It's an interesting read that documents history not widely taught in school.

    Unlike the war up North, where great armies faced-off on a battlefield against one another, the Southern Campaigns were strictly guerilla warfare where enemies showed each other no mercy and no quarter. Each side was guilty of committing what would be considered 'war crimes' against the other. It was pretty much a bloodbath between loyalists and patriots in the rural areas of Virginia and North Carolina, very similar to what Director Roland Emmerich attempted to depict in the film, The Patriot.
     

    Reptile

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    I think I may have posted this a couple of years ago but I agree that it's worth remembering family who were active participants on this day.

    Joshua Stone rose thru the ranks to company commander of the VA Militia who fought in the Southern Campaigns, notably at King's Mountain and Cowpens.

    https://www.amazon.com/Revolutionary-War-Southern-Backcountry/dp/1589805038/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1XX64W7CKE45P&keywords=revolutionary+war+southern+campaign&qid=1562285652&s=books&sprefix=revolutionary+war+southern+campaign%2Caps%2C168&sr=1-2

    Swisher's book is generally regarded as one of the more in-depth studies of this part of The Revolutionary War. It's an interesting read that documents history not widely taught in school.

    Unlike the war up North, where great armies faced-off on a battlefield against one another, the Southern Campaigns were strictly guerilla warfare where enemies showed each other no mercy and no quarter. Each side was guilty of committing what would be considered 'war crimes' against the other. It was pretty much a bloodbath between loyalists and patriots in the rural areas of Virginia and North Carolina, very similar to what Director Roland Emmerich attempted to depict in the film, The Patriot.

    Daniel McCollum and his father spent most of the war chasing and skirmishing with Tories in North and South Carolina. They encountered the infamous dragoons of LTC Banistre Tarleton, who was depicted as LTC Taviston in The Patriot. His unit was notorious for taking no prisoners. They bayoneted anyone they captured. This became known as Tarleton's Quarter. One particular incident became known as Buford's Massacre for the name of the patriot commander who died with his men. One of Daniel's fellow militiamen in his company related a "war crime" in his pension application. Tarleton's dragoons and some Tories swept through the area and slaughtered some civilians including a 15 year old boy who lived long enough to tell how they were bayoneted. The militia caught up with the Tories, killed a few and captured one. During the night a few militiamen took retribution by hacking the prisoner to death with swords. They shouted "Remember Buford" while killing him.
     

    Czechnologist

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    Daniel McCollum and his father spent most of the war chasing and skirmishing with Tories in North and South Carolina. They encountered the infamous dragoons of LTC Banistre Tarleton, who was depicted as LTC Taviston in The Patriot. His unit was notorious for taking no prisoners. They bayoneted anyone they captured. This became known as Tarleton's Quarter. One particular incident became known as Buford's Massacre for the name of the patriot commander who died with his men. One of Daniel's fellow militiamen in his company related a "war crime" in his pension application. Tarleton's dragoons and some Tories swept through the area and slaughtered some civilians including a 15 year old boy who lived long enough to tell how they were bayoneted. The militia caught up with the Tories, killed a few and captured one. During the night a few militiamen took retribution by hacking the prisoner to death with swords. They shouted "Remember Buford" while killing him.

    I can only imagine. It's bad enough to go to war but going to war in your own back yard must've been a nightmare, where neighbors literally became your sworn enemy overnight and no atrocity was too heinous to commit.
     

    babalou

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    also, people in the south swapped sides often. Have I full Cherokee ancestor that lived to be 104 that fought on that hill where that British tyrant was killed. I will find the info and post.
     

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