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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4604286, member: 102103&quot;]Day 106:&nbsp; Just a little 1 Kreuzer from the German State of Baden, 1848</p><p><br /></p><p>1848 was a revolutionary year through much of Central Europe, Baden included.</p><p>Baden had a civil war from 1848-49, but the reformist faction was defeated with </p><p>Prussian assistance.&nbsp; Some of the leaders of the revolt were executed by firing </p><p>squad, and others fled to Switzerland for asylum.&nbsp; Among the fleeing rebels was a </p><p>visiting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Engels" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Engels" rel="nofollow">Friedrich Engels</a>, who co-authored the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx </p><p>in early 1848.&nbsp; Another leader, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hecker" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hecker" rel="nofollow">Friedrich Hecker</a>, settled in the United States after </p><p>fleeing to Switzerland. He became an abolitionist and served as a colonel in the </p><p>Civil War.&nbsp; Hecker was part of a radical faction in the Republican Party who opposed </p><p>Lincoln&#039;s renomination in 1864.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>History is full of many heroes and villains, and quite a few people with a good</p><p>measure of both.&nbsp; Still, as it is Independence Day weekend here, now is as good</p><p>a time as any for me to give thanks that so many people were willing to risk their </p><p>lives in the cause of the freedom which most of us enjoy today, however many </p><p>missteps along the way.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140407[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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