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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP09 Jan 2021 4:00 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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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian09 Jan 2021 4:08 p.m. PST

Courtesy of The Virginian Pilot

WillBGoode09 Jan 2021 4:47 p.m. PST

Thank you Bill,good to know where this made st interesting article came from.

doc mcb09 Jan 2021 6:54 p.m. PST

Wow! Although there was heavy fighting during 1782, in the Carolinas and GA… Virginia is so provincial . . . .

42flanker09 Jan 2021 11:31 p.m. PST

"Some talk of Alexander…"

Dn Jackson09 Jan 2021 11:34 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 Supporting Member of TMP10 Jan 2021 3:34 p.m. PST

(smile)


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