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shooter6806

April 30, 2019, 11:43:13 PM
Today is April 30.  It is Camerone Day.

On April 30, 1863, Captain Jean Danjou of the French Foreign Legion, with 2 officers and 62 Legionnaires, faced 5000 Mexican soldiers at the farmhouse of Camerone.

Captain Danjou was killed in the first volley.  His place was taken by Lieutenant Henri Villain.  He was also killed.

The battle lasted all day.  The legionnaires had no food or water, and their ammunition supplies were very low.

At 5 PM, all that remained were Lieutenant Clement Maudet and 4 legionnaires.  At the command, each man fired his last round, and charged with the bayonet.

I don’t expect many people to get it.  Not here, not now. 

But hopefully, someday, some of you might realize what Camerone was all about.
Youth, exuberance, and enthusiasm are no match for age, experience, and treachery.

Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms.  Should be a convenience store, not a federal agency.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse.... A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

shooter6806

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April 30, 2022, 08:32:14 AM
bump
Youth, exuberance, and enthusiasm are no match for age, experience, and treachery.

Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms.  Should be a convenience store, not a federal agency.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse.... A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

TheGlyphstone

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April 30, 2022, 11:18:00 AM
Maybe you could explain the significance for people who aren't familiar with it? There's a lot of culturally specific holidays out there.

shooter6806

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April 30, 2023, 08:42:48 PM
Bump again. 
Youth, exuberance, and enthusiasm are no match for age, experience, and treachery.

Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms.  Should be a convenience store, not a federal agency.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse.... A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

shooter6806

#4
April 30, 2024, 07:57:04 AM
And again.
Youth, exuberance, and enthusiasm are no match for age, experience, and treachery.

Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms.  Should be a convenience store, not a federal agency.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse.... A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
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