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seahorse
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One of my ancestors crossed the Delaware...

with George Washington when they raided the Hessians at Trenton. I just found this out this afternoon.  :catsurprised: Here's the thing....he was 9 years old. WTF ????  When I was 9 I was playing with Star Wars toys.

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Voltan
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Re: One of my ancestors crossed the Delaware...

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the painting is a farce... washington never crossed the deleware as was depicted...  nor did he chop down the cherry tree declaring "i cannot tell a lie"...  lies designed to get politicians elected and be looked upon favorably by the sheep that put them in office...

 

it's terrible the things we teach our children as "truth"...

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Re: One of my ancestors crossed the Delaware...

THE MOAR THANGS CHAYNGE, THE MOAR THINGS REMANE TEH SAME...  

Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST.
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Re: One of my ancestors crossed the Delaware...

Me too. When my dad was stationed in Ft. Dix, we lived in west Pennsylvania. He crossed the Delaware twice a day. In a Volkswagen.

You can believe me because, I never lie, and I'm always right.
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seahorse
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Re: One of my ancestors crossed the Delaware...

I'm sure Washington didn't stand up in the boat on a winter night, but the fact is ...they did cross the Delaware and catch the Hessians off-guard. The A&E tv movie from a while back with Jeff Daniels is pretty good.
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Re: One of my ancestors crossed the Delaware...


seahorse wrote:
I'm sure Washington didn't stand up in the boat on a winter night, but the fact is ...they did cross the Delaware and catch the Hessians off-guard. The A&E tv movie from a while back with Jeff Daniels is pretty good.

sure sweetmeat... and the czech is in the male...  it's amazing what some folks will believe... 

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seahorse
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Re: One of my ancestors crossed the Delaware...

Waht ????? You don't believe that Washington crossed the Delaware and beat the Hessians ? What about Yorktown...is that a myth to ?
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Re: One of my ancestors crossed the Delaware...


seahorse wrote:

with George Washington when they raided the Hessians at Trenton. I just found this out this afternoon.  :catsurprised: Here's the thing....he was 9 years old. WTF ????  When I was 9 I was playing with Star Wars toys.


One of my ancestors  help your ancestors out of the boat when they got to the other side:smileyvery-happy:


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Re: One of my ancestors crossed the Delaware...

My ancestors were damn glad your ancestors crossed that river....has they were thinning the herd in Eastern Europe for some time .

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Re: One of my ancestors crossed the Delaware...

jimi crosses delaware.jpg

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