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Robert Wuhl did this in his presentation on “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”
Paul Revere was a Freemason so it makes a better story in the context of history and for bashing American secret societies that created the new world.
Listen my friend and you shall hear,of the midnight ride of Israel Bissell. Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah !!!
Listen my children, and blow a whistle
For the 4 day ride of Israel Bissell...
naw, doesn’t rhyme....
Paul Revere stands out because he belonged to the inner circle of patriots in the Boston area, which was on the leading edge of the move towards independence in general.
Wow, I didn't know this. There is a BISSEL FERY from Windsor to South Windsor...back then, there was NO South Windsor, it was just East Windsor...
So, that's where it came from I guess!
Didn't get a poem? Didn't even get a dinner!
I wonder if he wore a diaper?
Another little known figure from the Revolutionary War, Ebenezer F. Kerry, (Senator John Kerry's great, great, great grandfather, rode through each town in New England shouting, "lay down your arms, lay down your arms, the war has begun".
Revere’s ride captured the imagination because he carried the news that the British were advancing (eventually to Lexington and Concord) and his journey was the beginning of an epic 12 hours that changed the world forever.
Bissell’s journey was taken well after the first shots had been fired. Pharmboy, you might be interested to know that it was possibly Bissell who passed through Hopewell, New Jersey on his way to Philadelphia and who played a part in the following event.....
Col. Joab Houghton, while attending worship in the Baptist meeting-house at Hopewell, N. J., met a messenger out of breath with the news of the defeat at Lexington. He kept silence till the services were closed, then in the open lot before the sanctuary detailed to the congregation:
‘The story of the cowardly murder at Lexington by the royal troops, the heroic vengeance following hard upon it, the retreat of Percy, and the gathering of the children of the Pilgrims around the beleaguered city of Boston. Then pausing, and looking over the silent crowd, he said slowly: “Men of New Jersey, the red coats are murdering our brethren in New England. Who follows me to Boston?” Every man in that audience stepped out into line and answered, “I!” There was not a coward nor a traitor in old Hopewell meeting-house that day.’
Mr. Bissell did not get his due because like the postal workers of today, he had parked his horse in the back of the local hardware store and was reading the paper. His objective was to turn a 4 hour delivery route into an 8 hour day.............
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
You had me going for a while there ‘99. :) WELCOME ABOARD!
Why so long? those darn Joisey Troopers pulled him over, ticketed him and made him stand before the judge in Newark! He was bailed out by a Revolutionary friend Antonio "Subito" Soprano who urged Isreal and his steed onward with a slap on his behind and a call, "Bada Bing!"
This reminds me a bit of the Gary Larson “Far Side” pane where Clark’s mother warns him “You better be careful of that Lewis guy, or it’ll be ‘Lewis & Clark’ for the rest of history.”
The reason he was not recognized was because he was black.
Lovely read....thanks!
BTTT!