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One moment in time

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by deskslave, Jul 29, 2008.

  1. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    The Battle of Bennington was a pretty big moment in the Revolutionary War. Warner's boys cut off the trail so the Brits couldn't re-up on supplies.
     
  2. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    American history:

    Pre-1900:
    Winter of 1778 at Valley Forge: Baron Von Steuben arrives to train the Continental Army. Prior to BVS' arrival, troops were starving, ready to revolt at Valley Forge and had little training on how to fight the British. How they lasted three years before BVS' arrival was remarkable in itself. BVS got them trained, fed, and they battled the British to a stalemate at Monmouth Courthouse, sending the Brits down to the south, where they were eventually beaten at Yorktown.

    Post 1900:
    June 6, 1944. The coast of France. 'Nuff ced.
     
  3. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    The war actually could've ended that week if Meade hadn't been such a puss. During Lee's retreat, his entire depleted army was backed up against a Potomac that was on the brink of flooding from heavy rains. If Meade pursues him on July 4, he catches him against the river and it's game over, man.
    And sticking with the Civil War for pre-1900 history, I'd have to go with Lincoln's assassination. If he lives, there's probably not as much bitterness in the south through Reconstruction. Andrew Johnson was an ass.

    Post-1900?
    Probably the bombing of Hiroshima or JFK's assassination.
    Hiroshima shocked the world into 50 years of relative peace because they finally realized what they were toying with.
    JFK destroyed American innocence and, through the clusterfuck of an investigation that followed, kicked off 50 years of a newfound distrust in government. Watergate did the same thing.
     
  4. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    Pre-1900: The Big Bang
    Post-1900: Charles Smith not dunking in the Eastern Conference finals.
     
  5. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Magic and Byron not playing in the 1989 Finals. With them healthy, the Lakers 3-peat.
     
  6. JNEWFIFTY

    JNEWFIFTY Member

    Might as well throw in the Ewing finger roll in '95. But yeah, Charles Smith (sigh)
     
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