[sopo]

Sam Adams and John Hancock got out of town in the nick of time.

[Big Red Badger]

Lexington and Concord
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The Shot heard Around the World!

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Thanks for posting that reminder!

[twister881]

School House Rock "The Shot Heard 'Round the World"

https://youtu.be/Y6ikO6LMxF4?si=WfG4aIiyOUW8VeEd

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[aspasia]

A great read-to-your-kids Ted Rand illustrated book.

[ArtDodger]

I’m a descendant of one Isreal Bissell.
Bissell stood with Revere and saw the signal, but his job was to ride straight to Philidelphia and tell the Continental Congress of the British attack. It was a grueling, 19-hour ride and 2 horses died in the trek. On his word alone, the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence.
Bissell then got on his horse and headed home.
Being a stable hand and not a noted silver smith, he did not see the fame in his lifetime that went to Revere. Not to take away from Revere’s courage or his fine artistry. He truly was a master craftsman. Common people can rise to the occasion, as well.

[Dr. Franklin]

, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm,

So Massachusetts had a trans community at the time of the American War of Independence? Who knew?

[sauropod]

bkmk

[FatherofFive]

You know the rest. In the books you have read, How the British Regulars fired and fled,— How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard-wall, Chasing the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load.

This is why they want our guns. And why the Swiss have a gun in every house

[Verginius Rufus]

A great poem despite a few inaccuracies. Paul Revere was stopped by the British and did not make it to Concord--but Dr. Samuel Prescott did.

If not for the first shot fired in Lexington (no one knows who fired it) possibly the day would have ended without bloodshed--but because there was bloodshed, the Revolutionary War began on April 19, 1775. But it was more than a year before the Second Continental Congress was ready to consider declaring independence.

[Fledermaus]

Most of the ride was done by someone else. The name escapes me.

[ebshumidors]

Paul Revere’s Ride by David Hackett Fisher is my go to book on this.