History Comes on Horseback in Lexington (Reenactment Helps Kick Off Patriots Day)

Boston globe ^ | APRIL 18, 2016 | Joshua Miller

[nickcarraway]

History came on horseback here early Monday morning, with the breathless cries of a rider warning: “The Regulars are just down the road! They’re massing for battle.”

Decked in lobster-red, marching up what’s now Massachusetts Avenue and onto the Common, the British soldiers did come, finding a ragtag band of local militiamen standing their ground, unwilling to disperse.

The story of what happened next — the shot of unknown provenance, the lopsided battle, the American Revolution — has been told and retold for 241 years. But it was fresh to some of the thousands of spectators and performers at the Lexington reenactment, which helped kick off this year’s Patriots Day festivities in Massachusetts.

Bruce Leader, a longtime member of the Lexington Minute Men, portrayed the mounted scout Thaddeus Bowman for the first time this year, trotting his horse, Lacey, toward Buckman Tavern in the early morning light to warn Captain John Parker that the British troops were very close.

Parker, portrayed by Lexington dentist Barry Cunha, then mustered his men, dressed in a colorful assortment of garb.

Photos from the Lexington reenactment The Lexington reenactment helped kick off this year’s Patriots Day festivities in Massachusetts.

Later, with the British facing them, he worked to calm his anxious crew of locals.

[nickcarraway]

Ping

[IronJack]

And this charade is being conducted in an America that argues whether men dressed as women should be allowed to pee beside little girls, whether Christian bakers should make pastries for queers, whether we should encourage immigration from countries whose people are sworn to murder us, and whether just being born white gives us an unfair advantage over others. Not to mention an America whose highest marginal tax rate is an order of magnitude higher than the one that resulted in the Boston Tea Party.

It's nice to see an occasional reminder that we were once a brave, proud people. It would be nicer to see that courage and pride practiced every day.

My patriotism will be restored when my country is.

[waterhill]

“It’s nice to see an occasional reminder that we were once a brave, proud people”

Well, at least III% of us were.

[Talisker]

It's nice to see an occasional reminder that we were once a brave, proud people. It would be nicer to see that courage and pride practiced every day. My patriotism will be restored when my country is.

You're not alone. That's why trump is running on one simple all-encompassing concept, targeted directly at those who ALREADY know what it means:

[Jack Hammer]

Ironically, today Lexington, home of the Minutemen, is leading the carge to unilateral disarmament:

Update: March 17, 2016

Article 34’s proponent is featured in today’s Boston Globe stating that he will present Article 34 as a non-binding resolution at town meeting.

For the record. The basic premise of Rotberg’s Article 34 is an insult to all law abiding gun owners. His logic is also flawed in that he insinuates that a gun is inherently “dangerous”. A firearm is an inanimate object incapable of doing anything on its own. The only thing that has the potential for being dangerous is the person and there is nothing in any of the versions of Article 34 which addresses this. It’s just more bigotry, harassment and blame of lawful gun owners.

If Robert Rotberg had his way, we’d all be taking tea at four PM.

[Neoliberalnot]

Thanks to a bunch of patriotic rednecks we won that revolution, WWI, and WWII. God bless me all.

[Neoliberalnot]

Indeed, it has been a sickening transformation led by corrupt media and homowood.