i am at the age now, where older men with gray hair and beards make eye contact with me and nod, knowingly. i nod back. because something is up. and they think i am a part of it. and i do not wish to caught unawares... it is happening. i just do not know when.
The story of Samuel Whittemore is one of the stories covered in the “Project Appleseed” marksmanship course.
I remember reading “Paul Revere’s Ride” thirty years ago (by David Hackett Fischer) and being astounded by the “Battle Road” British retreat.
I also greatly enjoyed “The Minute Men: The First Fight: Myths and Realities of the American Revolution” by General John R. Galvin around the same time.
When I get to Heaven, if he’s there, I’d like to shake his hand. (I have a long list of people in history I admire and hope to see there).
Bkmk
‘This article is about “dangerous old men” like Whittemore.’
I kind of doubt Whittemore met all of this guy’s criteria for being dangerous, especially the fitness part, and yet...
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