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If in fact they would have used "Old English" very few would have understood what was being said, then they would have lost a major segment of the viewing public.

Take it for what it is, entertainment.
 
I am overseas so haven't seen this show but among Revolutionary War films I would recommend the A&E adaptation of Howard Fast's The Crossing. Believe it or not, Jeff Daniels makes a pretty good George Washington.
 
If in fact they would have used "Old English" very few would have understood what was being said, then they would have lost a major segment of the viewing public.
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No, not at all. I have read the Archives of Maryland Online, about a dozen journals, news papers, recruiting posters, and a couple dozen cook books, and although they may have used a word here and there unlike we do today i.e. "sluttish" meaning a female slob instead of a very sexually active woman, or "regulated" meaning "trained", they would be easily understood today...assuming they didn't have some wierd accent...

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+1 on The Crossing.
That was a pretty good movie and the performances and portrayals were well done. Jeff Daniels certainly has quite a range as an actor...
The guns, gear and clothes looked right too.
 
who here believes that british general gage would have led a charge at breeds hill and engaged in hand to hand combat? i have ocean front property in new mexico to sell you. eastbank.
 
I found the show to be entertaining...and thought provoking.

What struck me most is that the elementary school version I was taught as a child by no means gave me any idea of just how badly the colonists were treated...and just how dangerous a game they played, especially in the early stages of the revolt.

The Boston Tea Party scene, as well as the Lexington and Concord scene, really started me to wondering as I tried to grasp just exactly what the reality was, in all it's blood, sweat and grimness. It got me to wondering just how I would have reacted if I was a Bostonian alive during those times. Would I have sided with the rebels?...or would I have been a Tory? The gravity of the situation was brought to light in this series...even if only as a glimmer. Wasn't that not the objective of the producers of this show?
 
Well, their reaction was usually to go to the nearest British government agents house or British sympathizers house and throw all their belongings into the street and burn it while drinking and rioting in the vicinity.

Did they mention Crispus Attucks? He should be an example to all people of color that this republic is worth losing your life over. Too bad the modern day poverty pimps don't understand how seriously those who wanted liberty were.
 
Snidervolley....the colonists were not treated badly? I suggest that you read the Declaration of Independence. It had the entire list of complaints that the colonists considered egregious enough to the risk their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
 
The "History" channel has been slowly edging closer to outright revisionism as they shill for leftist academia. Sons of Liberty is typical historical "deconstruction." There are many ways facts can be presented to promote a specific point of view. Making our Founding Fathers out to be vulgar, raunchy, crooks and miscreants helps set the stage for the further desecration of our constitution.

From "The Five Malpractices of Modern History": " Deconstructionism a steady stream of negative designed to tear down the positive image in the mind of the people. When the historians and press only focus on negative aspects of the founding era and from founding fathers lives, people are not aware of the positive things and the Christian religious nature of many of their beliefs and actions. It changes our attitude toward our country and its founding. Deconstructionists avoid telling about “events” in the way “they happened,” preferring instead to selectively pick out a few things in order to construct a negative image."
 
The "History" channel has been slowly edging closer to outright revisionism as they shill for leftist academia. Sons of Liberty is typical historical "deconstruction." There are many ways facts can be presented to promote a specific point of view. Making our Founding Fathers out to be vulgar, raunchy, crooks and miscreants helps set the stage for the further desecration of our constitution.
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That is exactly my complaint also. :cuss:
 
I didnt think it was all That bad...Alot better than watching something like Hoarders :what:
 
the one line (YOU WILL NEVER BE BRITISH) was the one true statement in the whole program. eastbank.
 
Making our Founding Fathers out to be vulgar, raunchy, crooks and miscreants helps set the stage for the further desecration of our constitution.
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Not very familiar with Benjamin Franklin's womanizing exploits, are you? Or Jefferson's extramarital affair? The founding fathers may not have been vulgar or raunchy, but lets not forget that these were men. Humanizing them is not necessarily a leftist academia conspiracy.
 
"Making our Founding Fathers out to be vulgar, raunchy, crooks and miscreants helps set the stage for the further desecration of our constitution."

No. Knowing absolutely nothing about it sets that sad stage. We are dealing with cultural memory here, not revulsion.
 
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Not very familiar with Benjamin Franklin's womanizing exploits, are you? Or Jefferson's extramarital affair? The founding fathers may not have been vulgar or raunchy, but lets not forget that these were men. Humanizing them is not necessarily a leftist academia conspiracy.
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When I was in high school in the mid to late 60's Ben's womanizing was known. Jefferson was never married so his couldn't have been an extramarital affair, but his affair with Sally did become known publicly in the 1980's I believe.. Of course almost every powerful person in all of history has some skeletons in the closet, look at FDR, Kennedy, Eisenhower, J Edger Hoover, MLK, Clinton and hundreds of others just going back 100 years. Nobody is perfect and it seems the more powerful you are, the less perfect you are because you have you power and nobody to say no to you. But it still does not detract from the good they did. Just my opinion.
 
Judging 19th century behavior and attitudes with 21st century standards is part of the problem. The "Jefferson lie" was debunked several years ago when the geneticist who did the study refuted the publicized conclusion. Martha Jefferson died after she and Thomas had been married 10 years. The Sally Hennings story came out "just in time" to give cover to William Jefferson Clinton during his impeachment trial. Strange--you didn't ever see the geneticist's story--it appeared on page 31 right next to corn and molasses futures.

Franklin, on the other hand never married his common-law wife, Deborah Reed as she was married to a husband who deserted her, and divorces were nearly impossible to get at that time. Franklin's later "womanizing" while stationed in France was not particularly scandalous as Deborah died in 1774.
 
Way too hoakey for me......all this Bull Sh. and Bat Sh. dialogue....I don't get it
The trailer actually turned me off quickly with PR yelling the "British Are Coming".....I participated in the reenactment of Battle Road, the 225th Anniversary of the battle of Lex & Concord....and it was noting like the movie.....especially at the Lex. Greene.
Where was Buckman's Tavern just off the green where the militia was staged prior to that actual confrontation....not a field out in the woods somewhere.....and Capt. John Parker wasn't executed with a shot to the head as portrayed in the movie.....not good, IMO. On the plus side I like some ofthe costuming and some of the special effects.

As a note for some who do not know......inside Buckman's Tavern, they have the original front door of the tavern behind some protective plexiglass and there is actually a lead round ball that was fire by one of the Regulars on that fatefull day April 19, 1775 lodged in the lower panel of the door...and it's visible.
I suggest to everyone to make a visit to the Lex. Green, The Minuteman Monument & Buckman's Tavern, the Concord Bridge and Battle Road....you won't be sorry.
 
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Real History is not taught in school. Read The Winning Of America Series by Allan W. Eckert. You will be impressed.
 
Well, at least they got skinnier young guys to portray the British army.
 
The Winning of America series is, indeed, a great work by Mr. Eckert.
But he has explained that some imagination is often required on the part of the author, in order to keep the story flowing and the reader engaged.
And to fill in the blanks when the historical facts are absent or contested.
Even when the facts are rearranged, if the essence of the story remains, it can still be a good read or movie experience.
While I haven't watched the show as yet, if the quest and even the lust for freedom is there, it will be enough.
Hopefully the show will include that these were prosperous British citizens who risked everything for it and succeeded.
We could use them today.
 
So you think that a company called The History Channel that intentionally messes up history, isn't committing a fraud since they are on TV, and you're OK with that?
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One day I'd like to see a class action lawsuit against these channels.

The "m" in MTV used to stand for music; TLC used to be "The Learning Channel," etc. ...oh, yeah, and "American Heroes Network" does shows on Adolf Hitler... (i don't actually get that channel, but saw it in the guide.) It's absurd, and IMHO, harmful to America to air revised BS history as fact.
 
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