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Quiz answers:

A cow, given to Mrs. Amos Wyman by Mass. Governor Hancock (see link #470)
"Are you afraid to go?" (see link) “A” to Gondring
They were well equipped for irregulars, even having bayonets, and had trained extensively (see link for #2) “A” to Gondring
[IANL so I’m allowed to ask a question that I don’t know the answer in advance]
Mother Batherick was working in the field, had her gun, took 6 fleeing British Redcoats prisoner...then delivered her prisoners to a minute man captain and told them, “If you ever live to get back, you tell King George that an old woman took six of his grenadiers prisoners.” (see link) “A” to Paige
Hezikiah Wyman (see link for an amazing story - is there a bit of Hezikiah in Gibson's "Ghost" in The Patriot?)
First time in memory the weather cancelled the reenactments AlGore’s fault! “B” to NeoCaveman & Hemingway's Ghost
Menotomy (Arlington) “A” to gusopol3 & Hemingway's Ghost

Special thanks to Hemingway's Ghost for the Powder House Alarm factoid. I love learning new things every day here at FR. Thanks to all my fellow FReepers for daily sharing your knowledge.

And a few things for you all to consider …

Imagine if Capt. Isaac Davis survived the battle and was able to serve General Washington in the role eventually filled by von Steuben, and train Washington’s men as well as he, Capt. Davis, trained the Acton Minutemen?

Further, what impact did the general lack of training and equipment of the April 19th militia (save Isaac Davis’ men) have on the crafting of the 2nd Amendment? Did the founding fathers aim to a) justify April 19th and b) ensure the militia would be ready for the task within Jefferson’s 25-year rinse & repeat timeframe?

To Paige’s point “we women Rock!” in telling us about Mother Batherick, let me add “all the elders rocked” that day. Consider that the militia that captured Percy’s resupply train and chased off the lobsterbacks into Mother Batherick’s custody were too old to keep up with the youngin’s answering the alarm. The same held true for The White Horseman. But look at the pivotal role those seasoned citizens played from that day forward.

Now think about this … there is an age cutoff in the current United States Code that defines what is the militia. And what if by some change in the Supreme Court the 2nd Amendment is re-interpreted to be a collective right, arming the militia with a grudging nod towards Isaac Davis’ preparation regimin? Would that disarm Mother Batherick? Hezikiah Wyman? The others who captured Percy’s supply wagons? Would the Founding Fathers throw that all away or did they rightly consider the individual contributions of the citizen Patriots that day, young and old, spry and slow-moving, male and female?

Interesting stuff that I hope to explore further.