"Revolutionary War fighting ended in 1781. The last shots" Topic
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Tango01  | 09 Jan 2021 3:00 p.m. PST |
…. exploded 2 months ago. "In an uh-oh episode of historic proportions, hand grenades from the last major battle of the Revolutionary War recently and repeatedly scrambled bomb squads in Virginia's capital city. Wait — they had hand grenades in the Revolutionary War? Indeed. Hollow iron balls, filled with black powder, outfitted with a fuse, then lit and thrown. And more than two dozen have been sitting in cardboard boxes at the Department of Historic Resources, undetected for 30 years…."
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 09 Jan 2021 3:08 p.m. PST |
Courtesy of The Virginian Pilot |
| WillBGoode | 09 Jan 2021 3:47 p.m. PST |
Thank you Bill,good to know where this made st interesting article came from. |
| doc mcb | 09 Jan 2021 5:54 p.m. PST |
Wow! Although there was heavy fighting during 1782, in the Carolinas and GA… Virginia is so provincial . . . . |
| 42flanker | 09 Jan 2021 10:31 p.m. PST |
"Some talk of Alexander…" |
| Dn Jackson | 09 Jan 2021 10:34 p.m. PST |
"Thank you Bill,good to know where this made st interesting article came from." I would have thought the banner at the top of the linked article that says 'The Virginian-Pilot' would have been enough. |
| Tango01 | 10 Jan 2021 2:34 p.m. PST |
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