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Were the Second Continental Congress drunken Irishmen ? EOM / EOM
Timbow 254 reads
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86H13LTP1735 reads

239 years ago today a bunch of drunken Irishmen formed the U.S. Marines. We serve you because we love that thing called America  

 

To the left and right is all that matters bros !


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salonpas300 reads

.....who claims to have given much for this country - Please shut up! Nobody wants to hear you brag. I doubt you ever even served.
 

Posted By: 86H13LTP
 
 239 years ago today a bunch of drunken Irishmen formed the U.S. Marines. We serve you because we love that thing called America  
   
   
   
 To the left and right is all that matters bros !  
 

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Timbow270 reads

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While the majority of the members of the Second Continental Congress were native-born Americans, eight of the men voting for independence from Britain were born there. Gwinnett Button and Robert Morris were born in England, Francis Lewis was born in Wales, James Wilson and John Witherspoon were born in Scotland, George Taylor and Matthew Thornton were born in Ireland and James Smith hailed from Northern Ireland.

Pretty sure majority of soldiers in Continental Army were Scots-Irish. ;)  

http://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-declaration-of-independence
http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Continental_Congress_%28September_11,_1777%29

Posted By: 86H13LTP
 
 239 years ago today a bunch of drunken Irishmen formed the U.S. Marines. We serve you because we love that thing called America  
   
   
   
 To the left and right is all that matters bros !  
 

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Happy Birthday Marines. Semper Fidelis

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