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Revolutionary War Drags On as British Soldiers Blast Dude With Cannon in Upstate New York

October 18, 2009 at 2:32 PM | by Victor Ozols | 0 Comments

Most people think the American Revolutionary War ended with the surrender of General Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781, but there appear to be a handful of British holdouts still battling from a fort in in upstate New York. As msnbc.com points out, an American tourist and his wife were recently shot by a British cannon as they enjoyed a picnic lunch on the southern shore of Lake George.

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