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Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found by UK National Archives in papers of captured US ship


As a privateer, the 18-gun Dalton was a privately owned vessel that fought under the auspices of the Continental Congress to supplement the tiny navy of the new nation.

Captain Thomas Fitzherbert, commander of the 64-gun HMS Raisonnable, chased the Dalton for seven hours on Christmas Eve 1776 before capturing her off the coast of Portugal. The Dalton’s 120-man crew was imprisoned in Plymouth, England, under harsh conditions

Charles Hebert, who was just 19 when he was captured, described hunger, illness and repeated punishment in the journals he kept during more than two years of captivity before his release in a prisoner exchange.

Despite it all, many survived.

 

happy 250 to all Americans

 

USA! USA! USA!

 

Heckuva fireworks show last night!

 

Heckuva fireworks show last night!

I agree.

But, these days, it depends on who you ask.

 

Congrats to the USA on its 250 anniversary. May it keep on being a beacon of true Democracy for a long time to come.

 

I have an ancestor that fought in the Revolutionary War and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He lived long enough, and had enough kids, to have a son that fought and died at Shiloh in the Civil War.

 

I met someone that was alive during the Civil War. Sadly, I was too young at the time to appreciate the significance of that. I learned later that they had known people that had been alive during the Revolutionary War.