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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: kingsmt on 04 July 2017, 08:42:35 AM

Title: July 4, 1776
Post by: kingsmt on 04 July 2017, 08:42:35 AM

Riders are sent out from the Continental Congress on a hot summers day in July, 1776.
"It's Independence, Independence." they shout as they ride from town to town.
They use the back roads, take shortcuts through the fields to spread the word.
The British won't take kindly to the news.

"Hear Ye! Hear ye!"

"The United States of America is born today."

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Title: Re: July 4, 1776
Post by: Captain Reid on 04 July 2017, 09:26:35 AM

Remember to thank the French . . .

Title: Re: July 4, 1776
Post by: kingsmt on 04 July 2017, 09:38:06 AM

We did.
At Normandy.

Title: Re: July 4, 1776
Post by: von Lucky on 04 July 2017, 03:07:06 PM

Nice scene and timing.

Title: Re: July 4, 1776
Post by: Gangleri on 04 July 2017, 03:10:48 PM

"And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

Title: Re: July 4, 1776
Post by: Earther on 04 July 2017, 03:11:47 PM

Quote from: kingsmt on 04 July 2017, 09:38:06 AM

We did.
At Normandy.

Don't forget to thank Australia, Canada, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and the United Kingdom for helping you thank the French. ;)

Title: Re: July 4, 1776
Post by: Inkpaduta on 04 July 2017, 04:03:47 PM

Happy Fourth of July!!!

And to my British mates, No Taxation without Representation!  :D

Title: Re: July 4, 1776
Post by: Andrew_McGuire on 04 July 2017, 05:15:15 PM

Quote from: Earther on 04 July 2017, 03:11:47 PM

Don't forget to thank Australia, Canada, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and the United Kingdom for helping you thank the French. ;)

Not forgetting France.

Title: Re: July 4, 1776
Post by: Andrew_McGuire on 04 July 2017, 05:16:36 PM

Quote from: Captain Reid on 04 July 2017, 09:26:35 AM

Remember to thank the French . . .

and Spanish and Dutch.