What follows is a little bit of HESSIAN & AMERICAN history that most all of you would know if ya were payin' attention in school!
Hessians THEN!
Our Motorcycle Club's name was influenced by citizen farmers conscripted from a region of Germany known as Hesse.
These men became a proficient Mercenary Army providing wealth and income for Germany and it's leaders.
'Those' Hessian soldiers are most notably remembered as the mercenary forces hired during the 1700's by King George III of England to assist the English Army in quelling "those bloody troublemakers" in America who demanded redress of their grievances and relief of their duties to the KING!
These same "troublemakers", later known as Patriots, were the Men who won Victory in a little skirmish known as the "AMERICAN REVOLUTION"!!!
Though often the Hessian Soldier's wages were poor, the greater of the payment for their services went to Germany's political leaders.
Hessians were of a Warrior stock and reveled in battle as heartily as they did on Holiday! Hessian Soldiers were feared and respected by their adversaries and carried an awesome reputation of ruthlessness in battle.
Although King George lost his war, Victory was no stranger to the Hessians when confronted in battle!
After the war, the honorable treatment afforded to many Hessian prisoners by America's citizens and the seemingly unlimited prospects for a prosperous life in a bountiful new land indeed prompted most Hessians to remain and settle in the newly formed FREE Republic.
Their bold character and agricultural heritage played no small part in the early development of the United States of America.