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2017-09-19 -Land of the Free

On This Day (18 September) In 1793, George Washington Lays The Cornerstone Of The United States Capitol Building…

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Posted by Skidmark 2017-09-19 00:23|| 2017-09-19 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 On This Day (18 September) In 1793, George Washington Lays The Cornerstone Of ~~The United States Capitol Building…~~Mos Eisley.

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Posted by P2Kontheroad 2017-09-19 17:59|| 2017-09-19 17:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Since George Washington was a slave owner, shouldn't the Capitol Building be demolished - just asking.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-09-19 18:04|| 2017-09-19 18:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, he was also a mason, pretty high level too, I think he could probably cast a lot of high level cleric spells and reality manipulation spells like wish or plane shift in addition to the mason spells like Masonite, Cornerstone Missile, or Alter weather. So they're probably still scared of him.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2017-09-19 18:17|| 2017-09-19 18:17|| Front Page Top

#5 No matter what the fickle crowd does, jonor these men with your own research for the truth. He made mistakes in battle but he won the war for independence. He made the most of the knowledge he had.

You live or die by making the most of your situation. You want to know what really happened on the night the Alamo fell? Its actual fall was nothing like American history said it was fos over 200 years. David Crockett did not die fighting off a hoard of Mexicans all around him. Travis was not killed on the walls of the Alamo.

For two weeks these men held off thousands of Santa Anna's frontal assaults beautifully. After two weeks of failure Santa Anna HAD to change strategy drastically. The mid twenties year old Colonel Travis did not expect what happened next. On that moonless night Santa Anna went guerilla at 4am. A smal number of his troops creeped up on several sleeping defenders positioned outside the walls and quietly neutralized them. They then quietly probed the walls in total darkness until they found a way over the top. A runner went and notified the others under Santa Anna. Enough of them got inside the walls to begin killing the sleeping defenders. Travis was killed in bed. History says a young Alamo defender went into the chapel and told the woman who survived, "THEY ARE INSIDE THE WALLS!". This was not after a glorious defensive battle. It was a surprise change of strategy of stealth. To Crockett's credit he and six others had to be talked into surrendering. They were promised they would live. But Santa Anna rode in and ordered the 7 killed by the slashing of the swords. The Mexicans said the 7 never humbled themselves before thier captors. The majority of the Mexicans who died that night died that night, died via friendly fire due to the deep darkness of hour of battle. But the Mexicans said that taking the Alamo via implementing this new strategy was but "a small affair".

To learn how to survive in war, search for the TRUTH! And make your generals men of many years of experience.

Posted by Threatch Jeamp8135 2017-09-19 18:48|| 2017-09-19 18:48|| Front Page Top

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