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Hmmmm....Blotto posted this...

Wrong? Ooooooops….The defining scholarly book on the topic is “Paul Revere’s Ride” by the Brandeis historian David Hackett Fischer. Go to the Google books link….click on “contents”…select “The First Shot”… [Ed: embedded the link]

“Mitchell repeated Paul Revere’s warning that 500 New England men were mustering in Lexington. He told of the alarm bells and signal guns, and the volley of musket-fire near the Green….Others also remembered with vivid clarity this electrifying instant when they halted on the road, and Paul Revere’s warning reached them through the mouth of this highly excited captor, Major Mitchell.”

[adversarial]

“Mitchell repeated Paul Revere’s warning that 500 New England men were mustering in Lexington. He told of the alarm bells and signal guns, and the volley of musket-fire near the Green….Others also remembered with vivid clarity this electrifying instant when they halted on the road, and Paul Revere’s warning reached them through the mouth of this highly excited captor, Major Mitchell.”

This has been very interesting. She was clearly referring to that exact moment in time and it has great significance to us today.

The British troops (Democrats) are marching toward Lexington (2012 election) They hear warning shots (Obamacare town hall meetings) and then volley fire (2010 midterm elections), alarm bells ringing (Tea party rallies ). And then they are warned by Paul Revere (Sarah Palin) that the population (us) has been aroused and is prepared to oppose and defeat you.

That's the way I interpret it anyway.