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History Challenge 8/31/09 – Gun History
August 31st, 2009 | 
Author: This week’s prize is the DVD “You May Not Take Our Guns” and the booklet “The Second Amendment” by David Barton.
Presently located in Geneseo, Illinois this firearms company took it’s name from the Massachusetts town that General George Washington himself selected in 1777 to be an armory location for the Continental Army. For the next 150 years the armory functioned as a supplier for every major American conflict as well as a think tank for new firearms concepts. One of the armory’s most well know and respected firearm was the M1 Garand, to which General George S Patton Jr. is reported as saying: “In my opinion, the M1 Rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised”. Name this firearms company.
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Answer: Springfield Armory
Winner: Judy from Kokomo, IN
The Resource for this week’s history Challenge came from the following books and websites:
http://www.springfield-armory.com/aboutus.php
http://www.nps.gov/archive/spar/history.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Armory