With the 4th of July fast approaching here’s another seasonal post from Balladeer’s Blog. This action was also called the Battle of Groton Heights.
FORT GRISWOLD – Fort Griswold was an American fortess on Groton Heights in Connecticut overlooking the Thames River. On September 6th, 1781 the American traitor General Benedict Arnold and his British troops raided Groton and burned New London while battling the massively outnumbered Rebel troops in the fort.
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton had sent General Arnold to raid and seize ships in Connecticut and to determine if the former colony was ripe for occupation by British forces. The spirited defense of Fort Griswold permitted multiple American ships to escape the attacking Red Coats and nipped in the bud Clinton’s plans for occupying Connecticut.
Benedict Arnold led at least 1,700 British regulars in the battle. Fort Griswold was defended by a mere 150 American Militiamen under the command of Lieutenant Colonel William Ledyard. Continue reading
Here at Balladeer’s Blog I’m still fascinated with the ongoing political developments here in America under our de facto Third Party President Donald Trump. The crazed Democrats thrive on driving away more and more of us. Their latest disgusting act was trying to blame President Trump for the shooting at that Annapolis newspaper but it turned out that the alleged shooter – Jarrod Ramos – had a feud with the newspaper going back several years. Nothing to do with Trump in other words. 
Bobby Hesley is another of Balladeer’s Blog’s Martin Luther King People of Courage who fit that description. A link to Hesley’s latest piece is below but first some excerpts: 
CAPTAIN SILAS TALBOT – Even if he had never gone on to a career in Privateering, Talbot would still have been a fascinating figure from Revolutionary War history. On June 28th, 1775 Silas was commissioned as a Captain in a Rhode Island regiment and served in the military operations which ended with the British surrender of Boston in March of 1776. 
NEW YORK – 1. William Floyd – Prior to being sent to the 2nd Continental Congress in 1776 Floyd was a Militia General who, earlier in the year, had led New York troops in successfully driving off British forces in the Battle of Gardiner’s Bay on Long Island. 
Author Michael Gingold has collected 450 movie ads for horror films of the 1980s. 
Democrats – including their media outlets – continue their descent into madness and fascism. (Remember the Democrat who opened fire on the Congressional baseball game.) To them our de facto Third Party President Donald Trump causes the end of the world multiple times a day and they have stepped up their mob attacks on everyone they disagree with. 
*** A group of families who have experienced the deaths of loved ones because of illegal immigrants ASKED PRESIDENT TRUMP to sign pictures of their late loved ones for them. As virtually everybody does with celebrities and high-profile politicians regarding having them sign objects. The Democrat media dishonestly reported this as if Trump was “making it all about himself.” 
I’m an Independent Voter after spending much of my life as a Democrat. I’ve long thought that one of the most racist elements of political discourse in America is the attitude that black people (and poor people and women and gay people, etc) HAD BETTER VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS! 
CARL JACKSON – Carl Jackson started out even more skeptical of Trump’s candidacy than I was back in 2015 but like him I’ve been more impressed with Donald almost daily. 
COLION NOIR – Colion Noir scares the living crap out of Democrats by being – GASP – a black man who likes firearms! Imagine that! A man of color exercising his 2nd amendment rights. As Democrats would say “Before you know it they’ll be thinking they can decide for themselves which political candidates to vote for!” 
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