Andrew Weitzel
A PROVOCATION: Flying Lord Baltimore's Colors in Lancaster County
Our Pennymite militia forcefully evicted a gang of treacherous Marylanders and Lord Baltimore's head rattlesnake, Col. Tom Cresap, from the Susquehanna valley back in 1736. So you can imagine my anger seeing this flag of Baltimore's Colors flying just off the river at Chestnut Grove on Saturday.
Wait, this is just a Baltimore Oriole? Well, don't I feel like a fool. I guess I ought to apologize to that horrified family with the Maryland plates whose tires I slashed and windshield I smashed in the parking lot. My bad.
In case your wondering what I'm jabbering about, see here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cresap%27s_War
Or better yet, pick up a copy of Carl Carmer's "The Susquehanna" for a more colorful treatment of the incident. It's pretty entertaining. And Cresap, despite being a dirty Marylander, had balls of steel.
A PROVOCATION: Flying Lord Baltimore's Colors in Lancaster County
Our Pennymite militia forcefully evicted a gang of treacherous Marylanders and Lord Baltimore's head rattlesnake, Col. Tom Cresap, from the Susquehanna valley back in 1736. So you can imagine my anger seeing this flag of Baltimore's Colors flying just off the river at Chestnut Grove on Saturday.
Wait, this is just a Baltimore Oriole? Well, don't I feel like a fool. I guess I ought to apologize to that horrified family with the Maryland plates whose tires I slashed and windshield I smashed in the parking lot. My bad.
In case your wondering what I'm jabbering about, see here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cresap%27s_War
Or better yet, pick up a copy of Carl Carmer's "The Susquehanna" for a more colorful treatment of the incident. It's pretty entertaining. And Cresap, despite being a dirty Marylander, had balls of steel.