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VA State Gun - If Utah has one, shouldn't VA?

Grapeshot

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Did someone say "State Gun" like maybe a cannon, something built in Virginia by Virginians and dedicated to freedom loving Virginians?

Maaavelous, idea, perfectly maavelous.
 
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peter nap said:
After the somewhat disputed end of the war, .....QUOTE]

End of the war? The war is over? I thought it was just half-time.

I'll defer to the historians in the crowd, but I think it is a fine idea. I might want to look to a historical figure, and a critical moment in the Commonwealth's (or Colony's) history, and suggest the firearm he was using at the time.
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peter nap said:
No, there was a surrender but exactly who surrendered to whom, is uncertain. Alcohol was definitely a factor! :banghead:
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Grant being an infamous and documented drunk.

Regardless. Lee's surrender of the ANV did not constitute a surrender of a sovereign government. Davis refused to surrender that government upon capture and his cabinet escaped to South America, to maintain the government in exile. No treaty was ever issued nor peace accord signed.

The South was merely overrun by invaders and beaten into submission by superior numbers. We stand as an occupied nation today.

Deo Vindice.

Back OT: If a mountain howitzer or field gun of Tredegar origin was to be selected as the "official" gun of the Commonwealth I would also support that choice.
 
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wylde007 said:
Back OT: If a mountain howitzer or field gun of Tredegar origin was to be selected as the "official" gun of the Commonwealth I would also support that choice.
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........................Hmmmm, I could go along with that!
 
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Originally Posted by wylde007
Back OT: If a mountain howitzer or field gun of Tredegar origin was to be selected as the "official" gun of the Commonwealth I would also support that choice.
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peter nap said:
........................Hmmmm, I could go along with that!
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:banana:.....:lol:
 
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