"Happy anniversary to our Colonial cousins" Topic

It's 242 years since you started shooting at us, but we've forgiven you (and for the tea – nasty stuff, I'd have dumped it overboard, too).

And you get a brand new museum:-

amrevmuseum.org

(Sorry it's not on the "Wargaming in the UK" board, but all the "nationality" boards disappeared off the crosspost menu after I'd selected "Wargaming in the USA".

Obviously some dastardly Whig trick to keep it to themselves……

No representation without taxation!

Our taxation may be worse but at least we got a lot of nice wargaming figures out if it.

If we had known the UK would become the hub of all things wargaming, where all the wargames streets are paved with gold, I think we would have remained British.

I would guess that a lot more died fighting together, than did fighting among each other, as far as the US and UK go.

It ain't called the Mother Country for nothing.

But then again, who wants to live with their mother?

A bucket list wish of mine is the visit the UK and see all of your history. Regarding the split that few years back, I sometimes wonder how good an idea it was. It seems to be a result of 2 peoples talking at each other instead of with each other. We seem still to be doing that now among one peoples. Some things never really change. (With a little honey, the tea isn't bad. It is the healthy green tea I loathe.)

I'll be visiting Mommy England in July!

Nevinsrip beat me to it: we've been shoulder to shoulder far more than face to face. I'm a proud American, but love the UK – gorgeous country with some of the finest people on earth, I think. God bless her.

And am I the only one that likes tea around here? I can't imagine beginning a day without it. In fact, I'm drinking some now!

Rustymusket – it'll be a long visit if you want to see ALL of our history… but do come and give it a try!

I like Ice Tea but it's coffee in the morning.

it'll be a long visit if you want to see ALL of our history

A Brit exchange officer friend of mine spent two years as an Air Force exchange officer in west Texas. It was then he realized that to an American, 100 miles is nothing, and to a Brit, 100 years is nothing.

I would guess that a lot more died fighting together, than did fighting among each other, as far as the US and UK go.

The AWI is good for learning stuff like this. Plus, we've fought fewer wars against the Germans than we have alongside them, and the AWI was the largest concentration of German troops outside of Europe until the Afrika Korps.

That's a wonderful piece of trivia SuperMax. I'll be sure to use it without attribution.

It's fortunate that the Hesse Saxe Regiment von Rommel wasn't sent over, or we would now be speaking English.

He'd have run out of supplies, but in a very stylish way.

Britain was the largest source of foreign investment in the United States after the Revolution and for at least all of the 19th Century -- and this was even before the development of the now longstanding alliance between us.

We forgive you for burning down the White House back in 1814.

I'll be in the UK for a few weeks this summer, visiting Blackpool, Stonehenge, and we haven't decided what else. Fortunately, I learned to drive on the wrong side of the road during a long summer in Thailand. Now if I can find an English-American app for my phone, I'll be able to manage the language barrier.

You are all very welcome to visit! After Brexit…do you want another state adding to your union?

And don't forget that President Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon, because Napoleon realized he could not keep the British from taking it from France.

And Jefferson financed the purchase using funds borrowed from British bankers!

This great help from the British, and our keeping New Orleans at the end of the War of 1812 opened us up all the way to the Pacific!

GdeP

Blackpool, Stonehenge and we haven't decided what else

That should do it. Watford Gap services, maybe

When I used to actively participate in living history in the 64th regiment of Foot, we had a member who used to ask people at events "So how do you like taxation WITH representation"?

Yes, if Brexit goes badly I think becoming the 51st State might be an easier sell than the EU ever was!

Up the Anglosphere!

Other good places to visit in the UK are:
1. Imperial War Museum (IWM) iwm.org.uk (all the sites)
2. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard historicdockyard.co.uk (including HMS VICTORY).
3. Royal Marines Museum royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk just down the road from number 2 above.
4. Windsor Castle link
… that should keep you busy ;-)

A few hundred miles and many hundreds of years.

I hope it's not straying into politics to say that out of all the (many) people I've met over the years, the Americans and the Germans are those to whom I've felt the most affinity (outside of the immediate Anglosphere of Oz, Canada and NZ).

Any American cousin who finds themselves in London with a free day is always welcome to visit Chelmsford (it takes an hour – the same as queuing for the Empire State Building) for an AWI game and a drink or several.

Giles, next time I am in country, I may take you up on that offer!

I wouldn't recommend Stonehenge over Avesbury, a charming little village built around a ring of standing stones and prehistoric earthworks. Stonehenge is far more touristy.

Must sees that are close to London (but not in London). The Cities of Bath, Wells, Oxford. Arundel castle, Winchester Cathedral.

Unfortunately, the Royal Marines Museum recently closed prior to re-opening at the Historic Dockyard in three years' time

becoming the 51st State might be an easier sell than the EU ever was

Think of how many translators we would have to hire.

Can y'all come back & burn the White House again, please?

By the time we got there…..

"That should do it. Watford Gap services, maybe."

And Grimsby.

The National Army Museum in Chelsea (London) has just re-opened and by all accounts has a lot to commend it, not least being right next door to the Royal Hospital (founded by Charles II and sponsored with a donation of land by, so it's rumoured, Nell Gwynne). See this TMP thread:-

TMP link

Can I also add that Giles has not only an unmatchable collection of AWI units, but an equally unmatchable collection of wines. Both make for a very good game……

Getting the Yankees drunk, and then beating them with an unfamiliar rules set?
Ok. I'm game.

vtsaogames:
"<"becoming the 51st State might be an easier sell than the EU ever was">

Think of how many translators we would have to hire."
It's a trap! They'll load the transports with Welsh, and the language will absorb all our vowels!!!!

Welsh is easy to master – just bang your forehead repeatedly on the keyboard……et voila! (which is almost the same in Welsh, btw).

As a ex-pat living in the states and with an American family : Here are some places that they love to see when we visit
Stonehenge is a must (I like it much more than Avebury)
Old Sarum (in Salisbury )
Duxford (if you like planes )
Bovington (if you like tanks)
Hendon (planes again)
British Museum (Rosetta stone and tons of other stuff)

The Big things to get prior to is the English Heritage overseas visitor pass ( for about $100 USD for a family of 4 ). You get free access to all English Heritage sites including Stonehenge (which pays for it by itself). We get this every visit.