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Elizabeth Zane

Started by T. WOLF, January 14, 2020, 07:38:18 PM

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T. WOLF

January 14, 2020, 07:38:18 PM
The story of Elizabeth Zane is a popular one to tell here in Michigan.  JAR just published a new article with lots of interesting details I wasn't previously familiar with:

https://allthingsliberty.com/2020/01/betty-zane-and-the-siege-of-fort-henry-september-1782/
"There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leaders, and concerting measures in opposition to each other." ~John Adams 1780

T. WOLF

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January 14, 2020, 07:41:08 PM
This is great:

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Some of the attackers may have recognized the swivel gun atop the barracks.  The verbal exchanges between the fort's defenders and their attackers involved yelled speculation about whether the gun was made of wood and defender dares to find out.  The defenders eventually fired it, ending any speculation.

;D :~
"There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leaders, and concerting measures in opposition to each other." ~John Adams 1780
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