Obscure Freedom Fighters: Danie Theron. FROM TIME TO TIME in my reading, I come across stories of impressive but little-known people who fought for freedom in little-known places in history. People whose courage and determination should not be forgotten. William Wallace of 13th century Scotland is one example of such a person, largely unknown until a screenwriter also named Wallace noticed his monument in Stirling and inquired who the man was. Another example is Boer soldier and scout Danie Theron. [Wolfesblog]
I’ve read some general histories of the Boer War, but this is the first time I’ve heard of Danie Theron. It sounds like his story would indeed make a good movie.
There was a time when Americans honored rebels who fought guerilla campaigns against the British in our own war for independence–men such as Ethan Allen and Francis Marion. But today, those men are all but forgotten as America has become the enemy that they fought against. I wonder if in another hundred years there will be statues in Baghdad to some brave Iraqi rebel who fought to drive out the American Empire.
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