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As judges and bureaucrats continue cover up of ObamaForgeryGate, it might lead to a national “Battle of Athens.”

Posted on | September 4, 2012 | 3 Comments

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The Battle of Athens (sometimes called the McMinn County War) was a rebellion led by citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the local government in August 1946. The citizens, including some World War II veterans, accused the local officials of political corruption and voter intimidation. The event is sometimes cited by firearms ownership advocates as an example of the value of the Second Amendment in combating tyranny.

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Background

There had been long-standing concern in McMinn County about political corruption and possible election fraud.[1] At citizen request, the U.S. Department of Justice had investigated allegations of electoral fraud in 1940, 1942, and 1944, but had not taken action.[1][2] The wealthy Cantrell family (supporters of the Democrats’ New Deal policies in the 1932 Presidential elections) essentially ruled the county. Paul Cantrell was elected sheriff in the 1936, 1938, and 1940 elections, then was elected to the state senate in 1942 and 1944, while his former deputy, Pat Mansfield, was elected sheriff.[1][2] A state law enacted in 1941 had reduced local political opposition by reducing the number of voting precincts from 23 to 12 and reducing the number of justices of the peace from fourteen to seven (including four “Cantrell men”).[1] The sheriff and his deputies operated a fee system under which they received a cut of the money for every person they booked, incarcerated, and released; the more arrests, the more money they made.[1] Often, buses passing through the county were pulled over and the passengers were randomly ticketed for drunkenness, whether guilty or not.[1]

In the August 1946 election, Paul Cantrell was once again a candidate for sheriff, while Pat Mansfield sought the state senate seat.[1] After World War II ended, some 3,000 military veterans (constituting about 10 percent of the county population) had returned to McMinn County. Some of the returning veterans resolved to challenge Cantrell’s political control by fielding their own nonpartisan candidates and working for a fraud-free election.[1] Veteran Bill White described the veterans’ motivation:

“ There were several beer joints and honky-tonks around Athens; we were pretty wild; we started having trouble with the law enforcement at that time because they started making a habit of picking up GIs and fining them heavily for most anything—they were kind of making a racket out of it. After long hard years of service—most of us were hard-core veterans of World War II—we were used to drinking our liquor and our beer without being molested. When these things happened, the GIs got madder—the more GIs they arrested, the more they beat up, the madder we got …[1] ”
File:1946 Battle of Athens, TN – three young ex servicemen shooting at the county jail.jpg

Figure 1: Battle of Athens, TN (1946) – Three young former servicemen shooting at the county jail
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Figure 2: Battle of Athens, TN (1946) – County jail, site of the battle.

Combat veteran Knox Henry stood as candidate for sheriff in opposition to Cantrell.[1] In advertisements and speeches the GI candidates promised an honest ballot count and reform of county government. At a rally, a GI speaker said,

“ The principles that we fought for in this past war do not exist in McMinn County. We fought for democracy because we believe in democracy but not the form we live under in this county.[3] ”

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3 Responses to “As judges and bureaucrats continue cover up of ObamaForgeryGate, it might lead to a national “Battle of Athens.””

  1. Veritas
    September 4th, 2012 @ 6:05 am

    Veterans are also a topic in a current article at Sharon Rondeau’s THE POST EMAIL site about Hillary in Indonesia:

    “Monday was Indonesia’s Independence Day, which Obama did not forget, although

    he has forgone a Memorial Day service at Arlington National Cemetery

    while occupying the White House.”

  2. Paratrooper
    September 4th, 2012 @ 6:49 am

    Dr. Taitz,

    In what states or counties do you advocate armed patriots take action?

    Yours respectfully,

    A loyal veteran.

  3. William Blasingame
    September 4th, 2012 @ 9:34 am

    Yep battle of Athen’s heading to a city near you. Stay tuned as Media back peddles to save their own ass from the American people and claim obama threaten their lives. To late.. Treason is Treason. Most will be in prison for life or sentenced to death. Yes this will include everyone’s fav host on cnn msnbc AND YES FOX .. Fox is the worst of all the stations. The one station that you once though you could trust to air at least some of the facts and truth.

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