| Brechtel198 | 19 Apr 2020 7:00 a.m. PST |
Today is the 245th anniversary of Lexington and Concord-the beginning of the War of the Revolution. |
 Herkybird  | 19 Apr 2020 7:59 a.m. PST |
Thanks for reminding me! I have loads of 15mm continentals and militia to paint up… |
| 14Bore | 19 Apr 2020 8:36 a.m. PST |
My contribution to Last word today |
| USAFpilot | 19 Apr 2020 8:47 a.m. PST |
"the War of Revolution" Funny, I've never heard that phrasing before. I've heard AWI, American War of Independence, or American Revolution, but never "the War of Revolution". |
| Brechtel198 | 19 Apr 2020 9:09 a.m. PST |
It is used because the American Revolution lasted actually from 1762 to the ratification of the Constitution, 1789. The actual war occurred from 1775-1783 as all of us know. |
| Brechtel198 | 19 Apr 2020 9:11 a.m. PST |
Thanks for reminding me! I have loads of 15mm continentals and militia to paint up… I'm doing the same with 54mm Imrie/Risley infantry, artillery, and cavalry. Yesterday I dug out the 200 or so of the above that I used in the classroom and have to repair and restore most of them. It was great digging them out again. And I ordered an end table that has a display case on it to put them in. |
 McKinstry  | 19 Apr 2020 9:37 a.m. PST |
FWIW, Rick Atkinson who wrote the Pulitzer prize winning US Army WW2 " Liberation" trilogy that started with An Army at Dawn has a new trilogy on the AWI. Thr first book "The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775–1777" is out and I quite enjoyed it. |
| The Dao | 19 Apr 2020 9:46 a.m. PST |
Speaking of 54mm, I pulled out the Barzso sets this morning. Lovely figures to set up and no better day to do so. Eventually I will paint them. link |
| Brechtel198 | 19 Apr 2020 9:55 a.m. PST |
I have Atkinson's book and it's excellent. I'll most certainly get the next two. |
| Garde de Paris | 19 Apr 2020 12:29 p.m. PST |
I Just watched this TV movie from many years ago, with Chad Lowe as a kid; Rip Torn, and Robert Ulrich. Very enjoyable. YouTube link "April Morning," made for TV. GdeP |
| charared | 19 Apr 2020 6:54 p.m. PST |
Washington… THE INDISPENSIBLE MAN!!! |
| Brechtel198 | 20 Apr 2020 3:22 a.m. PST |
Agree. But there were two-the other being Benjamin Franklin. Because of him and his actions in Paris, the US got the French alliance, without which the US would have lost. |
