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To: KLP who wrote (145161)10/31/2005 11:57:21 AM
From: D. Long  Respond to of 793928
 
It is said that when the shelling at Yorktown stopped, it was completely silent. ... The British started to realize they had lost, and the new Americans started to realize that they had won their freedom and now had to keep that freedom

That's beautiful...

Derek



To: KLP who wrote (145161)10/31/2005 1:59:31 PM
From: unclewest  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793928
 
It is said that when the shelling at Yorktown stopped, it was completely silent. ... The British started to realize they had lost, and the new Americans started to realize that they had won their freedom and now had to keep that freedom.

We have plenty of Americans who are willing to give up their freedoms.



To: KLP who wrote (145161)10/31/2005 4:17:49 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793928
 
It is said that when the shelling at Yorktown stopped, it was completely silent. ... The British started to realize they had lost, and the new Americans started to realize that they had won their freedom and now had to keep that freedom.


The negotiations took another two years. And do I detect a certain amnesia about the actions of the French Navy at Yorktown?