Photos of American Revolution fighters

[diabeticman]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2356524/Faces-American-revolution-Amazing-early-photographs-document-heroes-War-Independence-later-years.html



amazing

[appalachiablue]

1. K & R. THanks for this, incredible. No wonder they whipped the Brits & won the Revolution!

Some tough, fierce, healthy and ornery men- long lived too. Can you see us living and struggling like they did, as comfortable as we are? Ha- 'Pass me the remote, and the chips-'

[Historic NY]

2. A friend just finished a book on these men.....

The Revolution's Last Men: The Soldiers Behind the Photographs Hardcover – April 6, 2015

[diabeticman]

3. Cool

[HR_Pufnstuf]

4. Let's roll.

Vote Webb 2016

[JustAnotherGen]

5. The picture of Samuel Downing at 102

Awesome. . . and right after the Civil War. What that man must have thought about that (Civil War) . . . We'll never know.

[Fix The Stupid]

6. And what was that war fought for again?

Lol...

Bush
Bush
Bush
Bush
Clinton
Clinton
Clinton
Clinton
Clinton
Clinton
Clinton
Clinton
Bush
Bush
Bush
Bush
Bush
Bush
Bush
Bush
Obama
Obama
Obama
Obama
Obama
Obama
Obama
Obama
*Probably Clinton
*Probably Clinton
*Probably Clinton
*Probably Clinton

This Canadian finds that list ironic.

[renegade000]

8. Well, when you actually include the other 39 presidents...

the trend doesn't look nearly as silly, though I sympathize with the more general point. However, I'd say some success can be claimed for the revolution, as we don't have this on our currency:

[Fix The Stupid]

9. lol... good point.

Call me crazy, but I live near the border, Southern Ontario. I get all your TV Channels...

It seems the US is more in love with the Royal family than Canada is...

Non-stop BS about Princess Kate and the new welfare bum about to be born - it just seems, I don't know, weird, considering the US and their historical relationship with the UK...

And yes, having a "queen" definitely angers a lot of Canadians, but a lot of Canadians are ambivalent on this issue as well...sort of a "it ain't broke, don't fix it" kind of mentality...

But yeah, there's worse things in the world then having her old mug on our $$$.

[frogmarch]

7. Amazing!

I shared the link on Facebook. I love this! Thanks for posting it.

[MisterP]

10. and on the other side Thomas Peters led the thousands of slaves who fought the Colonials

for their own freedom to Nova Scotia and then to found Sierra Leone
it's like a badassery vortex by this point!

[Sheepshank]

11. I was surprised at haow many lived well beyond 100 years....

with the lack of health care knowledge we have today, and still they lived so long