April 19, 1775

[Bull Barrel]

I just noticed this a couple hours ago as I looked at the calendar...4/19/83 was also the date I was hired at my present employer.
Never realized the relation until today.

Men roamed the Earth then.

 

[Jeepnik]

... and lest we forget ...

The Doolittle anniversary got me to thinking that there is another BIG anniversary coming up tomorrow, April 19th ...

The "Shots That Were Heard Around The World" were fired 240 years ago tomorrow - April 19, 1775 by
American colonists, Minutemen and Militiamen, at the North Bridge in Concord, Mass.

Though the British colonies in America would not declare Independence until more than a year had passed
(on July 4, 1776) ... the first deadly resistance to British tyranny ... and what would become our War of Independence
started 240 years ago. I pray that America will always be capable of producing such brave men as took to the
field on that glorious day. - DixieBoy

DixieBoy, I join you in the prayer that we will always produce such men and women. Been doing pretty darned good so far, and I don't figure that run will end anytime soon.

 

[Rick Courtright]

Hi,

"Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year."

How many of the rest of you read, and perhaps memorized, Longfellow's famous historic poem way back in grade school days? Does anyone read it today?

Rick C

 

[blume357]

As I said in a separate post... I'm reading the history of our countries birth right now..... and what lead up to April 19th.... thanks for reminding me Dixie Boy.

 

[toysoldier]

I was seated at my computer, eating a piece of particularly good store-bought blueberry pie for breakfast, when I read this post. I immediately put down the pie, went to my closet, got out Old Glory, and ran it up the flagpole. I don't fly it every day. Maybe one or two of the neighbors will ask why I'm flying it today.

Note to self---see about buying a Gadsen flag to go with the stars and stripes.

 

[contender]

I have a NRA Heritage Society print done to commemorate "The Shot Heard Around the World!" It hangs here in my office. 'Nuff said.

 

[blume357]

As I said in a separate post... I'm reading the history of our countries birth right now..... and what lead up to April 19th.... thanks for reminding me Dixie Boy.

Cool! What book(s) are you reading?

My best recommendation for exciting and super accurate history about Lexington and Concord is
David Hackett Fischer's "Paul Revere's Ride." He's that rare breed of historian who can write history
that makes you want to keep turning the pages. - DixieBoy

DixieBoy:
The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms
(Independent Studies in Political Economy) by Stephen P. Halbrook

I keep meaning to do some research on when the Liberty Bell first cracked..... I find it interesting that folks don't point out this ironic part of our history...

 

[GunnyGene]

Written long after the Revolution, but still................

Battle Hymn of the Republic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0icI_Hle3cM

 

[Big Papa]

My sister's birthday is today, and she hates it. All she sees is the bad stuff that has happened on this day. Even though I try to remind her of some of the better things that went on.

 

[Colonialgirl]

Hi,

"Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year."

How many of the rest of you read, and perhaps memorized, Longfellow's famous historic poem way back in grade school days? Does anyone read it today?

Rick C

Old Paul DIDN'T ride that far; The one that did MORE to warn the patriots was Prescott.:
From Wiki:
Revere and Dawes then rode toward Concord, where the militia's arsenal was hidden. They were joined by Samuel Prescott, a doctor who happened to be in Lexington. Revere, Dawes, and Prescott were stopped by British troops in Lincoln on the road to nearby Concord. Prescott and Dawes escaped, but Revere was detained and questioned and then escorted at gunpoint by three British officers back to Lexington.[16] Of the three riders, only Prescott arrived at Concord in time to warn the militia there.

 

[RSIno1]

Here's a good one for the 19th done while Walt Disney the patriot was still in charge. http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Johnny-Tremain/70033504?strkid=672610396_0_0&strackid=1a63a8a965680685_0_srl&trkid=222336

 

[Critch]

An event that is sadly not taught, or taught well anymore. Very often they just focus on the Lexington Green...they rarely mention that the British Army was hounded all the way back to Boston. Morale in the British army was non-existent, they knew that the colonists had the means and the will to beat them.

 

[GunnyGene]

Y'all might be interested in this. Read on-line or download options at the link.

A military journal during the American revolutionary war, from 1775 to 1783
by Thacher, James, 1754-1844

https://archive.org/details/jamesthachermil00revorich

 

[GunnyGene]

Y'all might be interested in this. Read on-line or download options at the link.

A military journal during the American revolutionary war, from 1775 to 1783
by Thacher, James, 1754-1844

https://archive.org/details/jamesthachermil00revorich

Thanks so much for that link.

From page 12...

Cowards alone will bend to unjust power, and slaves and sycophants only will yield both soul and body to the disposal of tyrannical masters.

He did have a way with words. Note that he was barely 21 when he started this journal. The above would be a excellent signature line for someone. :wink:

 

[GunnyGene]

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