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The 225th Anniversary Battlefield Celebration of
The Battle of Kettle Creek Wilkes County, Georgia Saturday, February 14, 2004 |
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In 2003, the Georgia Refugees, a group of Revolutionary War re-enactors, began the tradition of
asking all present to take the Oath of Loyalty to the State of Georgia, as it was given to citizens of the
Revolutionary War period.
All willing participants then sign the oath with a quill pen. |
Larry at the monument on War Hill in 2003, in better weather. |
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"We and each of us do truly and sincerely acknowledge, process, testify, and
declare that the STATE OF GEORGIA is and of right ought to be, free, Sovereign,
and INDEPENDENT and do swear to bear true faith and allegiance to the said State
and defend the same against traitors, conspiracies, and all hostile attempts
whatsoever, and that we do renounce adjure, all Allegiance subjection, and
obedience to the King of Great Britain. And that no foreign prince, person,
prelate, state or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, superiority,
preeminence, authority and power which is or may be vested by their constituents
in the Congress of the United States. And I do further testify and declare
that no man or body of men hath or can have any right to absolve or discharge me
from the obligation of this oath, profession, testimony, declaration, denial,
renunciation and abjuration, foregoing words, without any equivocation, mental
evasion or secret reservation whatsoever. So Help Me God!" |
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