Israel Bissell outrode Paul Revere, yet didn't get a poem

Associated Press WHDH ^ | 4-14-07 | Anon

[Pharmboy]

Great stuff.

[gusopol3]

no mention of Dawes here, or did I skip it?

[Pharmboy]

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[EQAndyBuzz]

Robert Wuhl did this in his presentation on “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”

[edcoil]

Paul Revere was a Freemason so it makes a better story in the context of history and for bashing American secret societies that created the new world.

[Pharmboy]

That was a brilliant presentation.

[Polonius]

Wuhl’s lecture/HBO special was good stuff ... I hope there’s another in the future.

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[Obie Wan]

Listen my friend and you shall hear,of the midnight ride of Israel Bissell. Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah !!!

[RaceBannon]

Listen my children, and blow a whistle
For the 4 day ride of Israel Bissell...

naw, doesn’t rhyme....

[skeeter]

There must have been dozens of 'Paul Reveres', as farmers converged on the British from all quarters and very rapidly that day. It would be impossible to honor them all.

Paul Revere stands out because he belonged to the inner circle of patriots in the Boston area, which was on the leading edge of the move towards independence in general.

[Pharmboy]

Excellent. Thanks for posting.

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[RaceBannon]

Bissell rested then made his way back to his home in East Windsor, Conn.

Wow, I didn't know this. There is a BISSEL FERY from Windsor to South Windsor...back then, there was NO South Windsor, it was just East Windsor...

So, that's where it came from I guess!

[Pharmboy]

Good comment.

And Revere was a major factor in the Sons of Liberty. I believe he was one of the people that rode between Boston and New York in the 1760s.

[skeeter]

He was a protege of Joseph Warren and a kind of step&fetchit for Sam Adams, as well!

[Pharmboy]

"... and blow a whistle"

All righty, then...

[JennysCool]

Didn't get a poem? Didn't even get a dinner!

[rabidralph]

I wonder if he wore a diaper?

[Obie Wan]

Ha,ha pretty good. If they had a poem for a midnight ride these days in Boston it would go something like this, “Listen my friends and ye shall hear of the midnight ride of Jake the queer” !!!

[Oceans99]

""To arms, to arms. The war has begun," Bissell shouted as he passed through each little town."

Another little known figure from the Revolutionary War, Ebenezer F. Kerry, (Senator John Kerry's great, great, great grandfather, rode through each town in New England shouting, "lay down your arms, lay down your arms, the war has begun".