Paul Revere's Ride (Tomorrow in History- 4/18/1775)

Poets.org ^ | 12/18/1860 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

[One Name]

I haven't read this poem completely since I was in grade school; probably 45 years or so ago.

I find it quite poignant today. The 18th of April, 1775 was an important juncture in modern history.

I'm not much of a student of history but the Battles of Lexington and Concord can teach us much, particularly in light of recent developments.

The British were marching to seize the militia's arms.

I've watched with some fascination as conservatives weigh in (or avoid) on the Bundy Ranch events. I'm sure everything King George's forces did was completely "legal"...

At some juncture for the Patriots at Lexington and Concord, that no longer mattered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord

[mdittmar]

I was taught this at home and in school when I was young,wonder if they do that anymore?

[Jet Jaguar]

Bump

[One Name]

It should be read in every American school tomorrow.

I wonder how many do these days?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Paul Revere rode about 21 miles on his ride made famous by Longfellow.

Israel Bissell rode for four days and six hours covering the 345 miles from Watertown, Massachusetts to Philadelphia raising the alarm.

Looks like good press gets you remembered.

[DBrow]

Actually he did not make it to Lexington. He was captured by the lobsterbacks in Lincoln, there is a monument there marking the capture site.

[bayliving]

Today the call would be, “The Fed Coats are coming! The Fed Coats are coming!”

[Chode]

[FatherofFive]

A cry of defiance, and not of fear

My favorite line.

[cripplecreek]

You might enjoy “Turn” on AMC. Its a history based drama about the beginnings of Washington’s Culper spy ring.

Being a drama means artistic license but they appear to have held pretty firmly to actual history and real people as a basis. A lot of loyalists turned as a result of the arrogance and abuses of the British. A lot of it is strangely familiar.

You can watch the first two episodes here.

http://www.amctv.com/full-episodes/turn

[cripplecreek]

Paul Revere first hand account.

http://www.americanrevolution.org/revere.html

[One Name]

What i was impressed with was the militia response...

They just kept coming.

There was plenty of “pent up demand”.

[One Name]

Yes and I am unfamiliar with his history from that point forward- I need to go back to school.

[One Name]

I’ve seen that before.

People who have everything to lose but act as though they have nothing to lose.

John 15:13

King James Version (KJV)

13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

[One Name]

Will check it out-thanks! I need to go back to school.

[One Name]

Again, thanks!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Indeed. Counting on it.

[Argus]

Yes, King George had all the laws on his side. Harry Reid would have called the Minutemen “domestic terrorists”.

[DBrow]

“I was taught this at home and in school when I was young,wonder if they do that anymore?”

The whole thing is re-enacted, with militia in appropriate attire and weaponry hiking to Lexington along the old roads, from Stow, Acton, Bedford, and the other towns, with a battle at Lexington Green with Jonathan Harrington still crawling across the green. They no longer fire muskets at the bridge in Concord because Concord, cradle of Liberty, is an uberliberal town that does not allow the discharge of firearms.

http://www.bostoncentral.com/events/patriots_day_battle_reenactment_lexington/p1158.php

http://www.nps.gov/mima/patriots-day.htm

http://www.battleroad.org/

http://bedfordminutemancompany.org/PoleCapping

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYvWOqK1sJw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQeJb_wF-ZM

[B4Ranch]

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