American History

» pink101 - Yankee Blood

In response to Yankee Blood posted by lastword:
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The snake was an old icon used not just by the colonial people; but, it had been used in Europe for at least a couple of hundred years as well.
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Generally, snakes don't go out looking for trouble. They just laze about in the sun's heat and I'm sure they'd be content to just die if no food came their way.
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The colonial Americans were ex-brits who stood up to tyranny. At least, that's what my history books tell me.
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-- posted by pink101