We don't want you Canadians flooding the border and taking over our northern states,Lol,,,,,,,Glad to see Biden getting a handle on it... Although I believe that people will see a bit of irony in this somehow........
More importantly, good history
And as you say, hope Biden enjoys a little time in a friendly atmosphere...
Yep, i like ""There may be a time when redress may not be obtained. Till then, I shall recommend a legal, orderly, and prudent resentment".[8]" too.
Fun interesting history on Clinton County, lol. And from your wiki, one tidbit on how the revolution against the Commonwealth divided families,
"William Franklin, the royal governor of New Jersey and son of Patriot leader Benjamin Franklin, became the leader of the Loyalists after his release from a Patriot prison in 1778. He worked to build Loyalist military units to fight in the war. Woodrow Wilson wrote that "there had been no less than twenty-five thousand loyalists enlisted in the British service during the five years of the fighting. At one time (1779) they had actually outnumbered the whole of the continental muster under the personal command of Washington."" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalist_(American_Revolution)
as conflict often does.
Yep, still today most would rather settle differences without war
Three things you didn’t know about the American Revolution July 1, 2016
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1. At no time did more than 45 percent of colonists support the war, and at least a third of colonists fought for the British. Unlike the Civil War, which pitted regions against each other, the war of independence pitted neighbor against neighbor. Americans were not only rebelling against the mother country, they were fighting each other.
2. A higher percentage of the population died in the American Revolution than in any other war fought by Americans. As a result, more people who lived through the American Revolution knew someone who died or lost someone in the war, than in any war we have fought since.
3. Many Americans switched allegiance and changed signs during the revolution depending on which side was winning. For example, at one inn along a well-traveled road in New Jersey—what is today Route 1—the innkeeper would send a servant out to look down the road every morning and throughout the day. If an army was spotted, the servant was charged with identifying the colors and raising the corresponding flag to keep soldiers from burning down the inn.