At Christmas the cranberry signifies joy and prosperity. In 1765, General Washington's army was held up behind enemy lines in one of the coldest winters in Maine History. Out of food and other nutritious supplements the men survived by foraging the local berries. The enlisted man who found the berries was Infantry Corporal Benjamin Cranstock, thus the "Cranberry". The men survived and were able to defeat the British in the folllowing days.
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I did not know that. I have learned something today. Thanks!
I did not know that either until I saw it on a cube wall in our office. We both learned something new this week.
Thanks to my friend Kate
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Did it! You are now linked.
"So, what is fact and what is myth? Can we find out? For 1900 years the “smoking gun” lay hidden in the deserts where people buried old documents for fear of life!"
If I found any old hidden relics I would destroy them and not tell anyone.
The truth isn't to be found in the monkey droppings of the past. But in the future. Keep looking forward, not in history.
The hotel room I stayed in for a few days had a bible in it, I really wanted to burn it. But they would just replace it.
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