A Small Piece of History

[M ELEY]

Wow! This is a pretty cool piece of Rev War history! Sorry, not much more to add other than to say Simcoe was a very controversial character. Items such as these were popular in past centuries, such as book ends, walking canes and mug coasters made from the wreck of the HMS Royal George, for instance.

[drac2k]

Thanks, M ELEY.It caused me to do a little research on the item and I was fascinated by the surrounding background story. I then realized how little I knew about our fight for Independence and the incredible personal sacrifices our Founding Fathers made for us.

[Rick]

Rabble in Arms is a great novel of those times; Kenneth Roberts is the author.
Another one of his novels is titled Arundel, about Arnold's march on Quebec.

They take a bit of the dryness out of history.

Here's another souvenir of that period; the cathead cut from the HMS Somerset 74 that was wrecked in what is now Truro Ma.

[drac2k]

That is one of the coolest things that I have seen lately!