Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyingScot
It is, or at least was, a SHARPLY political statement dating from the Revolutionary War, asserting that we would sooner die than be subjugated by the British. Since we all agree with this today, and even the British are good with the idea, it's kind of lost its edge.
|
NH decided to cut their own pine trees, rather than submit to the Crown's s "Broad Arrow" mark on the best NH White Pine trees.
That led to the "Pine Tree Riot"
"In New Hampshire enforcement led to acts of forceful protest against British policies. It occurred almost two years prior to the more well-known Boston Tea Party protest and three years before open hostilities began at the Battles of Lexington and Concord."
https://www.nelma.org/the-tree-that-...onial-history/
News to me...
