[Hemingway's Ghost]

Sorry, FRiend, but she tortured a bit of real history in order to make a dramatic point. The fact of the matter is that Revere, Dawes, and all the other alarm riders were on a mission to alert the provincials that the regulars were moving out that night/early morning from the island of Boston to march on Lexington and Concord. The provincials were on high alert because this was like the third or fourth time the regulars had performed this type of operation throughout Massachusetts and even southern New Hampshire, and the last time they did it - the Powderhouse Alarm - they had seized a bunch of power/arms that the provincials (rightly) thought belonged to them and their militias. THIS is why the whole concept of "minute men" evolved.

And yeah, I'm pretty well-versed in the subject, and I'll put my knowledge of colonial Massachusetts history up along with professional historians because I've read a good deal of their work . . . both scholarly work and work for general consumption.

[Friendofgeorge]

Hey, you are certainly allowed your opinion, especially seeing that you have served your country well as a member of the armed forces.

But speaking of history, your history as a Freeper shows that you are not a supporter of Gov Palin in any way shape or form (it`s in the record), so the fact that you felt it necessary to nitpick Gov Palin on this is very suspect..sorry Friend...Not to mention that you are wrong....or as the saying goes, I could agree with you, but then we would both be wrong.