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Rereading Old Classics	11	14 Feb 2024 12:54 p.m. PST
4th Connecticut in Perry plastics	7	14 Feb 2024 3:56 a.m. PST
British Marines in the AWI	8	14 Feb 2024 2:32 a.m. PST
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Perspectives on the Ten Crucial Days of Revolution	4	11 Feb 2024 3:24 p.m. PST
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The "Western Forts" of the 1783 Treay of Paris	3	06 Feb 2024 3:38 p.m. PST
Detailed 1:1 rules suggestion needed.	22	05 Feb 2024 4:52 p.m. PST
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Daily Life During the Revolutionary War	1	30 Jan 2024 5:15 p.m. PST
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Boats ferrying British forces to shore, side project!	21	26 Jan 2024 5:48 a.m. PST
My very, very first 28mm paper flags ever...oh boy...!	9	24 Jan 2024 1:37 p.m. PST
Battle of Trenton Photos	13	24 Jan 2024 6:38 a.m. PST
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Research question - KINGS MOUNTAIN	17	19 Jan 2024 4:28 p.m. PST
Musket Miniatures 15mm AWI	8	15 Jan 2024 4:00 p.m. PST
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Battle of Trenton - Redux	5	13 Jan 2024 7:14 a.m. PST
Jefferson on ‘A State of the Militia’	12	09 Jan 2024 1:35 p.m. PST
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Revolutionary War Commander-in-Chief Guards	1	21 Nov 2023 8:51 p.m. PST
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Perry Brothers Southern Campaign Royal Artillery uniforms	5	15 Oct 2023 5:04 p.m. PST