The NRA a hundred years ago

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The NRA a hundred years ago

Post by Niner » Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:00 pm

This is a news item from a hundred years ago in the Washington paper.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... d-1/seq-2/
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Re: The NRA a hundred years ago

Post by Niner Delta » Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:50 pm

Col. John T. Thompson, mentioned at the bottom, went on to gain some fame.........

John T. Thompson, (December 31, 1860 - June 21, 1940), was a United States Army officer best remembered as the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun.

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