Check out a book entitled “The Day The American Revolution Began” by William H. Hallahan. The author seems to be a bit of a Lib, but he doesn’t wear it on his sleeve, and he is a very good historian without “embellishing” towards the Left. It covers the April 19, 1775 Lexington engagement of Captain John Parker and his militia, the subsequent engagements at Concord and back to Boston, Bunker Hill, etc., in very well documented fashion.
And the auther DOES in fact specifically state that were PRICES on Hancock’s, BOTH Adamses’, and Jefferson’s heads, as well as many others involved in fomenting the War of American Independence.
Well worth the read. Then read David McCullough’s “1776”. They flow together very nicely, time-line wise.
As for Sherman’s “debunking” - I don’t believe everything Snopes has on it’s site, like I don’t believe in Wikipedia; today, as someone mentioned earlier in this thread, there is a concerted effort to re-write the past to conform to the socialist/liberal notion of All Dead White Christian European Males = BAD, and every-other-perversity-under-the-sun=GOOD.
My history will ALWAYS be filled with the Patriots of my American past - great men (and women), both absurdly normal AND extraordinary, who lived, loved, sinned, laughed, drank too much, gambled, hated, gained fortunes, lost everything, fought, triumphed, failed, and died finally, like all of us must - all while living in times that were forcibly thrust upon them not of their own making nor of their own choice.
I’d say that ALL of those people would have rather just lived out thier lives peaceably, and, in true Conservative fashion, just wanted to be LEFT THE HELL ALONE to do so, and in true American fashion, were determined to FIGHT BACK to ensure that they COULD be left alone when their backs were finally against the wall.
But God has plans for people, and He places us all in the inexorable juggernaut of destiny; when we ask “Why me?” the answer is almost always “Because We’re HERE, and no one else.”
And we ARE sufficient for the day. If it means we die, we die. So be it. We ALL die eventually. Better to die fighting for something worth believing in than live under the yoke of someone else’s whims or under his boot.
I WILL take Mr. Limbaugh’s write-up with a small grain of salt, allowing for “embellishment” only due to that of a man with a PASSIONATE AMERICAN PATRIOTISM for the continuing GLORIOUS CAUSE OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
The Revolution is not over yet; it is an ON-GOING massive wheel that WE must keep pushing in OUR direction, because surely if we let go of it, or regard it with a moment’s inattention, it will roll back upon us and crush us all under it’s weight. We are seeing that now - we fell asleep for a little while in the late 60’s and the forces of socialist liberalism started pushing AGAINST that wheel on the opposite side. It remains to be seen which side will be stronger.
Like it or not, these times are thrust upon us, and we’re the only ones here. We ARE the thin red, white, and blue line.
Our Founders WERE flawed individuals; ALL of us are. HOWEVER - THEY PUT THEIR NAMES ON THAT DOCUMENT, which they knew was an instant death warrant. Regardless of any “embellishment” in the story - THEY SIGNED IT, knowing full well that they were putting their families’ lives in dire jeopardy.
How many of us would do the same, knowing how our current version of the Crown (Fed) operates? Are we willing to sacrifice our 401ks, our comfortable houses, everything we own, and not the least, our families for something so vague as “liberty”???
For myself, I know the answer. Each of us may be forced to make that decision someday, and it is a decision that we all face alone, in the dark corners of our hearts, where we weigh courage versus cowardice, and principle versus practice, away from the eyes of our peers.
We blog out here, for the WORLD to see. Do you not think for one instant that what we write couldn’t be construed as “treason” to some government handed over to corrupt socialist liberals??? Did 1992-2000, Waco, Ruby Ridge, etc., teach us anything?
I’d say that Free Republic is, at the end of the day, a modern Declaration of Independence.
For God and Country...God bless America, and all of you.
Stay safe ........woof !
[... But God has plans for people, and He places us
all in the inexorable juggernaut of destiny; when we
ask “Why me?” the answer is almost always “Because
We’re HERE, and no one else.”
And we ARE sufficient for the day. If it means we die,
we die. So be it. We ALL die eventually. Better to die
fighting for something worth believing in than live under
the yoke of someone else’s whims or under his boot...]
Your entire post ... simply beautiful!
“I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.”
NATHAN (F) HALE
I'll second sir Squantos with a HELL YEAH !!!...
and I'll even throw in a one finger salute for pres hussein...
for all the Patriots here..."Thank You" for your service...
LFOD...