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General who lost his wife to the American Revolution
Telegraph, UK ^
| Jan 20, 2006
| Harry Mount
Posted on 01/20/2006 3:40:15 AM PST by Pharmboy
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Incredible story...
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posted on
01/20/2006 3:40:19 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
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posted on
01/20/2006 3:42:56 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: Pharmboy
Incredible is right. If that happened today, the MSM would rip Margaret Gage to pieces.
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posted on
01/20/2006 3:43:49 AM PST
by
hershey
To: Pharmboy
Juts noticed a funny thing: it is interesting that the Daily Telegraph uses the term "American Revolution" rather than "the Americsn War of Independence" that is traditionally used for the event on its side of the pond.
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posted on
01/20/2006 3:47:05 AM PST
by
NZerFromHK
(Leftism is like honey mixed with arsenic: initially it tastes good, but that will end up killing you)
To: Pharmboy
She was an American and banished to England?
To: SouthernFreebird
Evidently Gage sent her packing...but remember, at that time Americans were all still subjects of the Crown.
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posted on
01/20/2006 3:49:55 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: SouthernFreebird
She was an American and banished to England? That was back in the days when a woman not only took on her husband's name but his citizenship as well.
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posted on
01/20/2006 4:04:42 AM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(1. You are drunk. 2. This is not a waltz. 3. I am not a woman; I'm the Cardinal Archbishop of Lima.)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
01/20/2006 4:33:17 AM PST
by
F-117A
To: Pharmboy
Dammit, I'm outraged!!!
The Telegraph must be held accountable for frivolously "outing" a key U.S. intelligence agent. They've seriously compromised her safety.
OOPS!!
Sorry, wrong century.
To: Pharmboy
Thank You Mrs Gage.
PS: Want to bet there was more to her decision than "patriotism"?
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posted on
01/20/2006 4:44:33 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: SouthernFreebird
You have to remember, we were all Englishmen back then...
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posted on
01/20/2006 4:53:32 AM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(13th AF, 3rd TFW, 3rd AGS, 3rd AMU - ESC The Blue Screw will get you too! 86-89)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
01/20/2006 4:55:22 AM PST
by
Mercat
(sometimes God calms the storm, sometimes he lets the storm rage and calms the child)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
No, that is not quite true. We were not a nation until July 4, 1776 united for Independence. Up till then we were still British Colonies paying British taxes and following British parlamentary law. Though, the colonies were not getting the representation in Parlament as they should have with the taxes and had a lazy King who was supposed to represent them.
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posted on
01/20/2006 4:56:23 AM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(13th AF, 3rd TFW, 3rd AGS, 3rd AMU - ESC The Blue Screw will get you too! 86-89)
To: Zavien Doombringer
I forgot we weren't Americans yet.
Today she could jet to mexico and walk right back in.
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posted on
01/20/2006 5:06:26 AM PST
by
Fintan
(See??? Sometimes I do read the articles.)
To: SouthernFreebird
LOL... Today, she would be a liberal hero..
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posted on
01/20/2006 5:17:01 AM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(13th AF, 3rd TFW, 3rd AGS, 3rd AMU - ESC The Blue Screw will get you too! 86-89)
To: Zavien Doombringer
huh..? I'm no liberal and I consider her a hero. Unless I read this wrong, she sided with and defended her Country. You will be hard pressed to find any liberals who respect that quality.
To: Pharmboy
Thanks for posting this. I plan to share it with my DAR chapter at our Feb meeting.
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posted on
01/20/2006 5:25:03 AM PST
by
kalee
To: Pharmboy; SouthernFreebird
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posted on
01/20/2006 5:26:07 AM PST
by
kalee
To: Pharmboy
As far as I know, historians have turned up no evidence that Mrs. Gage actually gave information to the patriots. Gage may have thought his plans were a deep dark secret, but there was ample evidence of what the British were up to.
If the story is true, then Gage was a fool who destroyed his marriage for nothing.
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