The Birth Of A Nation: April 19th 1775

[L84Cabo]

Also known as Patriots Day.


"Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war let it begin here."

Captain John Parker, Lexington Training Band

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[RicInOR]

Goto an Appleseed event, or sponsor someone else to go, in honor of this anniversary.

A history lesson April 18 & 19th

 

[Hop Sing]

Our 44th wedding anniversary today (4/18/75) - 200 years from Paul Revere's ride.

 

[Member 52301]

Our 44th wedding anniversary today (4/18/75) - 200 years from Paul Revere's ride.

Happy Anniversary to both of you!

Cate

 

[Hop Sing]

Happy Anniversary to both of you!

Cate

Thank you! Time sure flies!

 

[RicInOR]

April 18th

VA Viper: T'was the eighteenth of April in seventy-five: The midnight ride of William Dawes and Samuel Prescott (and Paul Revere)

T'was the eighteenth of April in seventy-five: The midnight ride of William Dawes and Samuel Prescott (and Paul Revere)


On the evening of April 18, 1775, General Thomas Gage, the British commander in Boston, dispatched a contingent of troops to seize a supply of arms and powder that the colonial insurgents had stored at Lexington and Concord, as well as to arrest two leading patriots, Samuel Adams and John Hancock, who were also hidden in the area.

 

[zenbreath]

The Colonists and the British Army had been flexing, mean mugging and doing Shows of Force for the previous 20 years. General Gage was not expecting Actual Violence.

 

[CountryGent]

In the panoply of history, I simply cannot find any other like the American experience. And I'm not just saying that because I am of this nationality (though most certainly proud and glad to say so), because, seriously, what this nation has accomplished for humanity in less than 250 years is nothing short of astounding. The forward movement of human dignity, liberty, science, culture, technology, tolerance, medicine, plain old fun, and all the rest, is so wonderful. Freedom, for all its uncertainties, just works. However grim it may look at times, my friends, remember this is just part of the path forward. Let freedom ring!

 

[Andy54Hawken]

A very good read about this day is :
Paul Revere's Ride...by David Hackett Fischer.
It not only covers Paul Revere and the other riders , but the battles of Lexington and Concord.

For a excellent one volume book of first hand views of the Revolution , from the beginnings of discontent to the final shots try :
Patriots The Men Who Started The American Revolution...by A.J Langguth.

Also there is this little known made up historic fact :
The battle cry at Lexington and Concord was : "Wolverines ! "....
Andy

 

[Heyjoe]

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