Can You Spot the Historical Inaccuracies?

[Linda Anderson]

(07-06-2014 11:01 PM)historybuff22 Wrote:  

(07-05-2014 04:48 PM)BettyO Wrote:  Same here, Linda. I blew up that silly thing and I don't think either of those guards is Barry - JMO -

I do wish both would post more - but they're busy with their jobs....

Unfortunately, I'm getting to be the same way -

Great about the drums - and yes, I saw the young kid with the drum; but he sure wasn't playing it!

Actually, the boy shown in the movie was John Collins and he wasn't a drummer boy. Rather, he was a 13-year-old that had snuck (or is it sneaked) into the hanging not realizing what he would actually see. He confessed that seeing the hanging made him very ill and gave him nightmares for years.

Rick Brown
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Thanks, Rick. I remember seeing a photo of the execution with the 13 year old in it.

The reason I thought the boy in the film was a drummer boy (:48) is that he has a black strap across his chest. It looks like a drum strap or sling to me.