Posted on 06/30/2024 6:40:07 PM PDT by CottonBall
ALL ABOARD THE TRUMP FAMILY TRAIN, EST. 2017 BY DOLLYCALI!
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Interesting. Where did you find that?
“Today my firstborn turns 38!”
Congratulations! I look at my son and I can’t imagine how he got so old when I didn’t.
James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
I have always loved that my birthday was the same date (April 18th) as Paul Revere’s heroic ride to alert the militias of the oncoming British troops. The story of John Parker and the slaughter of the minutemen at Lexington Common was taught religiously in our public schools in New England when I was young. The fact that the origin of the “shot heard ‘round the world” is unknown is tragic, given the consequences that heartbreaking day.
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Captain John Parker is born
On this day in history, July 13, 1729, Captain John Parker is born. Parker was the leader of the militiamen at Lexington, Massachusetts at the outbreak of the American Revolution. John Parker had lived in Lexington his whole life as a farmer and mechanic.
Parker had extensive military experience during the French and Indian War. He had served at the Siege of Louisbourg and the Battle of Quebec and may have been one of the famed Rogers’ Rangers. The men of Lexington had enough confidence in Parker’s military experience to elect him head of the local militia.
John Parker suffered from tuberculosis that was already in its advanced stages when the events of April 19, 1775 unfolded. After Paul Revere and others warned the countryside that a major British expedition was underway on the evening of the 18th, citizen-soldiers from all over Massachusetts began to gather their arms and head toward Concord, whose arms cache was the target of the British expedition.
Parker and the other local militiamen gathered on Lexington Common early on the morning of the 19th. They had already waited several hours when a scout arrived and warned that a large British force was very near. Lexington was on the road to Concord and the soldiers would be there soon. Parker instructed his men to gather on the side of the Common, but they were not blocking the road. Many of them were his own relatives. Parker was not anticipating military conflict, but he was ready for the worst.
When the British finally appeared around 5 am, the vanguard marched straight into Lexington. Thinking the gathered militia was much larger than it actually was and had hostile intent toward them, the British soldiers formed a battle line opposite the militia. Both Captain Parker and the British officer in charge gave orders to their men not to fire. Parker’s alleged words have been immortalized: “Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.”
Just before the first shot was fired, Captain Parker ordered his men to disband. Some heard him, while others did not in the confusion. No one knows who fired the first shot. Most eyewitnesses believed the first shot came from somewhere away from the Common. It may have been a misfire, or a drunken militia member at nearby Buckman Tavern. Wherever the shot came from, the result was catastrophic.
Most of the militia scattered and had no chance to fire back. The British began full scale firing on the assembled militia. After the first volley, the British soldiers began chasing the militia through the town and killing those they came across until their officers were able to corral them. When it was all done, 8 militia were dead with another 10 wounded. Only 1 British soldier was even injured. In the course of the next day, however, the British would be confronted again at Concord and chased all the way back to Boston with more than 70 killed and 170 wounded.
After Lexington, Captain Parker and his militia attacked the British as they returned to Boston near Lexington in what is known as Parker’s Revenge. Lexington’s militiamen then joined the Siege of Boston. It is not known exactly when Parker returned home, but he was not present at the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17. John Parker passed away from complications due to his tuberculosis on September 17, 1775 at the age of 46.
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12:50 PM · Jul 13, 2024
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traitors!
“she tries to get both of us to play”
She must be the alpha. Cooper always tries to keep his pack in line, meaning hubby and me. If we’re walking together he keeps going back and forth between the two of us until we are walking close enough for his comfort.
So sorry to hear that Winter might be blind. It is also not fun dealing with fleas.
When we got our first home in San Jose, CA we didn’t realize it was built over what used to be dairy land. We also in that house had wool carpeting. Our poor little dog got fleas so bad. We tried and tried to get rid of them but we couldn’t. My husbands brother and sister-in-law said they would take her in order to get away from all the fleas. They lived in San Bruno.
“ Accidentally Blows Up Approaching 100k Likes & Everyone In The Comments Says They Can’t Believe They Just Became Donald Trump Supporters”
How many thousands, or maybe millions, of people would become Trump supporters if they actually knew what he stood for instead of believing the lies that the propaganda media and the Dems spew out?
“....was this from? 9th circus court?”
It was the Supreme Court held in Coker v. Georgia (1977)
“I don’t see how the death of a child rapist would harm the child, family or not..”
You have to realize that not all rapes are brutal. In most child rapes the victim has been groomed and they don’t understand that what is happening is wrong. If it is a father, mother, brother, sister, uncle, aunt etc. I don’t think the child would want them to be put to death. The process of putting someone to death takes years and years with appeal after appeal. This would be making the child, now probably grown up go through it over and over again.
I recently watched a video of a family who’s child was murdered and he got the death penalty. They said having to go through the process of going to court with every appleal has just destroyed their life.
Where did you find this?
On X (Twitter)?
Thanks for the links, Spunky.
Your great-granddaughter turned 18!!!! I can’t imagine living long enough to even meet a great-granddaughter lol. I’m so tired, and Ava is only 14....I’ll be happy to attend her wedding. She may actually have to decorate my bedroom and say her vows at the foot of my bed lol.
Good points, Spunky.
I can see that the death penalty for a child rapist must not be the same if that rapist is a parent.
Can you imagine becoming an older child (10 or so) and realizing what your parent did to you, how wrong it was, but if you report it, your parent will be put to death?
I don’t know what the answer is, but this is a tough spot to be in. OTOH, there may be kids who would welcome the death penalty for a parent. What a world. Maranatha.
Project 2025 wasn’t fabricated by the left, AFAIK. I believe it’s a compliation of ideas from The Heritage Foundation....a wish list, if you will. Never intended to anything more.
Ok. But they have confiscated it and twisted it into something evil. I stand by that. For sure. They are using it now as a scare tactic. And it’s working with some, so we need to EDUCATE ourselves to the max!
Lol The Bee:
https://babylonbee.com/news/bidens-popularity-skyrockets-after-he-announces-trump-is-his-vp
Oh the poor little kitty. That does sound like a catch 22. Go with your gut.
I hope Winter isn’t blind, but if the poor little thing is, then I’m glad he’s with you.
Oh, my word, Dolly! You are amazing. So sorry to hear you went through this. I've not been visiting the Train often enough to get all the download -- I've been focusing on meme'ing up the election-related news stories this time instead of my former MAGA List news summaries from the 2016 election.
You are so courageous to have reached out, researched your own illness, and fed your body with nature's helpers. I hear you about not wanting to be rejected as a client -- I can relate, re the jab. IYou did so good, girl!
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