Posted on 01/22/2015 3:14:08 AM PST by MadMitch
That’s right.
Andy’s boys were filling alligators’ heads with cannon balls and powdering their behinds with gunpowder.
It blew their minds, but these were truly patriotic, red-white-and-blue, volunteer reptiles.
The article continues the myth that the battle was pointless as it was fought after the Treaty of Ghent was signed ending the war. In fact, the British had insisted on certain language in the treaty which puzzled the American negotiators at the time. Unaware of the British plans to invade and occupy New Orleans, the Americans conceded the language because it seemed harmlessly redundant. However, if the British had occupied New Orleans, even after the a treaty, the seemingly harmless language would have established their claim to it.
In this version, the protagonist is fighting under "Colonel" Pakenham, and they're using muskets, not squirrel guns.
Maybe not a toe-tapper, but sure to touch your funny bone...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x92lu0a-boY
The Smothers Brothers, My Old Man’s a cotton-pickin-finger-lickin-chicken-plucker!
Lonnie Donegan was great. Listen to his skiffle sessions. Good stuff.
You are not the only one whose attempt at humor was missed...
Thanks. I did not know that.
Too much time on Imgur, I guess. I expect people to “get” the humor.
To all who replied: Thanks FRiends.
I know there is always someone who knows the answers!
I will check Mr.Donegan out!
But the American viewpoint continues the myth that the battle was the last battle and decisive. In fact, the British simply marched away and took Mobile.
cor blimey trousers.
“we filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind, and when we lit the powder off we blew the gator’s mind!”
Thank you
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” In fact, the British simply marched away and took Mobile.”
Fat lot of good it did for them.
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Gen. Edward Pakenham (1778-1815), who was killed in the battle of New Orleans, was the first cousin of Richard Pakenham (1797-1868), the British diplomat who negotiated the Oregon Treaty in 1846 which divided the Oregon Territory between the US and British North America. Both were born in County Westmeath, Ireland.
His Greatest Hits was one of the first LP’s I ever owned.
Johnny Horton had an amazing voice.
Always liked Springtime in Alaska the best.
It, like Lexington and Concord are no longer celebrated in the USA. Not even a mention in the newspapers on those days.
Maybe it has to do with citizen militias joining with Army troops in the battle.
What would London have done if the Brits had won at New Orleans?
I know there is always someone who knows the answers!
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Boy, that’s the truth. I usually learn something from another FReeper every time I am here.
What I have always thought interesting, and ironic considering the outcome, was how elaborate were the British preparations for the attack on New Orleans. There were literally shiploads of clerks and scribes, their families, and their goods in Cochrane's fleet waiting offshore for the thoughtful purpose of establishing an efficient civil administration in New Orleans once it had been captured. The way things turned out, they never set foot on land.
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