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BHogan
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I agree these would be great. I know in Virginia before the war broke out Lord Dumore had the Royal Marines seize the colonials supply of gunpowder. This scene might make a nice diorama. Here's the story from wikipedia.
" From 1774, Dunmore was continually clashing with colonial leaders. Dunmore saw rising unrest in the colony and sought to deprive Virginia militia of supplies needed for insurrection. The Second Virginia Convention had elected delegates to the Continental Congress. Dunmore issued a proclamation against electing delegates to the Congress, but did not take serious action. On 23 March, Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech at the Second Convention and the accompanying resolution calling for forming an armed resistance[3] made Dunmore "think it prudent to remove some Gunpowder which was in a Magazine in this place."[4][5] Dunmore gave a key to Lieutenant Henry Colins, commander of H.M.S. Magdalen, and ordered him to remove the powder, provoking what became known as the Gunpowder Incident. On the night of 20 April 1775, royal marines loaded fifteen half barrels of powder into the governor's wagon intent on transporting it down the Quarterpath Road to the James River to be loaded aboard the British ship. This was discovered while underway, and local militia rallied to the scene, and riders spread word of the incident across the colony."
" From 1774, Dunmore was continually clashing with colonial leaders. Dunmore saw rising unrest in the colony and sought to deprive Virginia militia of supplies needed for insurrection. The Second Virginia Convention had elected delegates to the Continental Congress. Dunmore issued a proclamation against electing delegates to the Congress, but did not take serious action. On 23 March, Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech at the Second Convention and the accompanying resolution calling for forming an armed resistance[3] made Dunmore "think it prudent to remove some Gunpowder which was in a Magazine in this place."[4][5] Dunmore gave a key to Lieutenant Henry Colins, commander of H.M.S. Magdalen, and ordered him to remove the powder, provoking what became known as the Gunpowder Incident. On the night of 20 April 1775, royal marines loaded fifteen half barrels of powder into the governor's wagon intent on transporting it down the Quarterpath Road to the James River to be loaded aboard the British ship. This was discovered while underway, and local militia rallied to the scene, and riders spread word of the incident across the colony."
BigDenny
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Ideas for possible poses would be
a) Standing Firing
b) Kneeling Firing
c) Standing Ready
d) Kneeling Ready
e) Wounded
f) Standing at Attention
g) Royal Navy Officer with pistol
h) Marine Officer with sword
And if K&C is feeling generous, a longboat set would definitely find its way into my collection.:tongue:
a) Standing Firing
b) Kneeling Firing
c) Standing Ready
d) Kneeling Ready
e) Wounded
f) Standing at Attention
g) Royal Navy Officer with pistol
h) Marine Officer with sword
And if K&C is feeling generous, a longboat set would definitely find its way into my collection.:tongue: