{"id":4071,"date":"2014-09-02T05:09:29","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T12:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/?p=4071"},"modified":"2014-09-02T07:59:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T14:59:14","slug":"the-song-of-marions-men-by-william-cullen-bryant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/the-song-of-marions-men-by-william-cullen-bryant","title":{"rendered":"The Song of Marion&#8217;s Men by William Cullen Bryant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>General Francis Marion, who became known as The Swamp Fox, is the character upon whom Mel Gibson&#8217;s role in the movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000O19EW0\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000O19EW0&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=founders-20&amp;linkId=BBU7YHZW26OKY2AO\"><em>The Patriot<\/em><\/a> is loosely based.<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"20\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\">            <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n                table.cf7-db-table {\r\n                    margin-top: 1em;\r\n                    border-spacing: 0;\r\n                    border: 0 solid gray;\r\n                    font-size: x-small;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                br {\r\n                                        mso-data-placement: same-cell;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table th {\r\n                    padding: 5px;\r\n                    border: 1px solid gray;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table th > td {\r\n                    font-size: x-small;\r\n                    background-color: #E8E8E8;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table tbody td {\r\n                    padding: 5px;\r\n                    border: 1px solid gray;\r\n                    font-size: x-small;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table tbody td > div {\r\n                    max-height: 100px;\r\n                    overflow: auto;\r\n                }\r\n            <\/style>\r\n            \r\n        <table id=\"cftble_1550113495\" class=\"cf7-db-table\" >\r\n            <thead>\r\n                        <tr>\r\n            <th title=\"puzzle-solver\"><div id=\"Puzzle Solver,puzzle-solver\">puzzle-solver<\/div><\/th>            <\/tr>\r\n                        <\/thead>\r\n            <tbody>\r\n                            <tr>\r\n                <td title=\"puzzle-solver\"><div id=\"1409697132.0062,puzzle-solver\">claire<\/div><\/td><\/tr>                <tr>\r\n                <td title=\"puzzle-solver\"><div id=\"1409512005.8940,puzzle-solver\">matthew aka cheddarface<\/div><\/td><\/tr>                <tr>\r\n                <td title=\"puzzle-solver\"><div id=\"1409511887.4702,puzzle-solver\">mortimer<\/div><\/td><\/tr>            <\/tbody>\r\n        <\/table>\r\n        <\/td>\n<td>If you have a problem with the flash working for you, you may wish to use the <a href=\"http:\/\/wwtft.com\/puzzles\/the-swamp-fox\/swamp.png\">static version<\/a>. 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