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To: gusopol3
Standing at the replica Old North Bridge at Concord takes your breath away. You feel the presence of Revolution and Liberty.

Just when you're feeling small and grateful and too full of emotion to feel anything else and begin to leave, you come across the graves of three British soldiers, marked with two plaques. One plaque reads:

Grave of British Soldiers
They came three thousand miles and died,
to keep the past upon its throne:
Unheard, beyond the ocean tide,
their English Mother made her moan.
April 19, 1775

In your heart you embrace Revolution and Liberty, but you make room for mothers of the British soldiers.
7 posted on 04/19/2014 9:58:09 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?)
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To: Scoutmaster
Standing at the replica Old North Bridge at Concord takes your breath away. You feel the presence of Revolution and Liberty.

It sure does. While taking the 'day trip' tour bus in Boston, I stopped at the North Bridge. I was totally mesmerized looking at the Bridge and the Statue. I was so into it, the bus driver had to come and get me and said, "Sir, we have to go now." It's hard to describe the feeling. . I highly recommend it to all patriots to see it if you're in the Boston area.


8 posted on 04/19/2014 10:20:05 AM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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