DO people remember?
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I am surprised any memorials and renactments arnt illegal in new England.....
No powder shortage I guess........
Looking toward Concord...this is an existing stretch of the original road.....
East 14 miles to Boston......
Where the original meets the new.
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This is the marker for that Brit Soldier......
These stones sheltered Americans......
Cartridge paper....
No
Most "Americans" don't have a clue who we fought in the Revolutionary war or why.
Most "Americans" don't have a clue who we fought in the Revolutionary war or why.
Yellow coats, they dont belong in that park.......
Captain Parkers Revenge
Looking east The Revenge came from the left.
The column came from the west, a small brook channelized the Brits over a bridge and Capt Parker face shot them.
After renactment picnic.....
Captain Parkers Revenge
Looking east The Revenge came from the left.
The column came from the west, a small brook channelized the Brits over a bridge and Capt Parker face shot them.
After renactment picnic.....
No. I am too young but I remember learning about it in school.
My initial reaction was to throw something and start yelling at people when I saw rifles leaned up against a tree.
Thank you for the reminder of the significance of this date in our history. I should have remembered on my own but no.
One question though, just how tall is this guy?
One question though, just how tall is this guy?
Sadly, the more history I read the more convinced I am that humans are incapable of learning from prior events or fuck-ups..... Sad.
He was a tall dude.....perhaps a young George Washington.
yea waking up in the morning I almost feel old enough to have been there and seen it first hand .
I'm sure everyone here understands that was countryman vs countryman. Killing of ones own to establish something new. The average citidiot wouldn't understand that.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
pm, was he really that tall?
When I first saw the pic I figured it was just the camera angle. It would have taken XXXLarge balls to go into volley fire formation standing head and shoulders above everyone else.
George Washington was a huge target. His coat was full of musket ball holes after several battles. Something was protecting him for a purpose.
And you Yankees left it to us Virginians to finish up what you started. And to Fig's post above, yep, no GW no America. We sure need some of his caliber right now.
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People don't seem to understand what they were voting for 20 years ago, so I think it's asking a bit much for them to comprehend events that occurred two hundred years before their birth.
Seeing that we're now roughly in the middle of a Fourth Turning, there should be ample opportunities on the horizon to refresh one's memory.
Seeing that we're now roughly in the middle of a Fourth Turning, there should be ample opportunities on the horizon to refresh one's memory.
Good post.
Was a member of this group. We did some cool overnighters and long hikes thru the Rockies.
We were walking and heard a pack of mountain bikers coming. We casually moved off the trail and into the brush. We were wearing earth tones, just standing a few yards off the trail. The bikers that came by had tunnel vision, they never saw us. I recognized the last rider and called out his name.
He turned his head then saw us and said "Whoa, time warp!"
Was a member of this group. We did some cool overnighters and long hikes thru the Rockies.
We were walking and heard a pack of mountain bikers coming. We casually moved off the trail and into the brush. We were wearing earth tones, just standing a few yards off the trail. The bikers that came by had tunnel vision, they never saw us. I recognized the last rider and called out his name.
He turned his head then saw us and said "Whoa, time warp!"
“Battle Road“, the path of a British gunpowder raiding party on April 19 1775 from Boston to Concord , Lexington, and then back to Boston, involved several battles and skirmishes there and back.
Often considered the first true conflicts of the revolutionary war prior to the Declaration of Independence , the redcoats (not the British, most people considered themselves part of British culture at the time. Remember, the U.S.A. has not been born yet) attempt to confiscate powder magazines at both Concord and Lexington and instead bring to a boil the simmering resentment of the colonist at the British for a variety offenses they had been doing against the colonist for years.
EDIT ADD 4-17-22**** gunpowder was typically kept in a centrally located magazine as it was considered too dangerous to keep in your home. British gunpowder raids were the equivalent of gun control in colonial times
The large and small battles on this road almost destroyed the British expedition and did result in the British losing the majority of their officer corps due to colonial marksmanship. The heavy losses experienced by the British are what also prompted France to aid the colonist as the colonist were now seen as capable of at least hurting, and maybe winning against the British. It also galvanized the colonist in their convictions against Britain and their resolve for independence, the colonist had finally had enough.
If you attend a ”Project Appleseed“ two day shooting clinic, they will teach you about that day in American history and a few of the smaller individual stories associated with it. It is a fantastic history class with a pretty good basic 3p marksmanship clinic at the same time, well worth every true American’s time to attend and learn. They have several events a year across multiple states, I highly recommend it.
Often considered the first true conflicts of the revolutionary war prior to the Declaration of Independence , the redcoats (not the British, most people considered themselves part of British culture at the time. Remember, the U.S.A. has not been born yet) attempt to confiscate powder magazines at both Concord and Lexington and instead bring to a boil the simmering resentment of the colonist at the British for a variety offenses they had been doing against the colonist for years.
EDIT ADD 4-17-22**** gunpowder was typically kept in a centrally located magazine as it was considered too dangerous to keep in your home. British gunpowder raids were the equivalent of gun control in colonial times
The large and small battles on this road almost destroyed the British expedition and did result in the British losing the majority of their officer corps due to colonial marksmanship. The heavy losses experienced by the British are what also prompted France to aid the colonist as the colonist were now seen as capable of at least hurting, and maybe winning against the British. It also galvanized the colonist in their convictions against Britain and their resolve for independence, the colonist had finally had enough.
If you attend a ”Project Appleseed“ two day shooting clinic, they will teach you about that day in American history and a few of the smaller individual stories associated with it. It is a fantastic history class with a pretty good basic 3p marksmanship clinic at the same time, well worth every true American’s time to attend and learn. They have several events a year across multiple states, I highly recommend it.
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It wasnt about camo back than it was mano a mano.
Officers were not supposed to be shot at because it wasnt gentlemanly.
Understanding consequences of decisions made 20 or better yet 200 yrs ago isn't too difficult, unless you have some social justice degree.
A lot was learned in the french injun war if anyone was paying attn.
French and Indian War was the just the tactics employed after learning in King Philips War.
Read up on the earlier war.
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Well my joke was supposed to be funny cause if he is 5'2" the the others must be.....short shall we say?I might believe that if you were talking about all the other people in the picture. Even if they all were 5'2", that one guy would still be at least 6'2".
Kinda late to the party.
I live just a few miles from a place called Saratoga. Walked the battle field mamy times.
Also where Benidick Arnold was praised.
Before his being passed over for promotion,,to become a traitor.
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I live just a few miles from a place called Saratoga. Walked the battle field mamy times.
Also where Benidick Arnold was praised.
Before his being passed over for promotion,,to become a traitor.
Saratoga
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Well, heya Cuz.
Squire Boone is also my 9th great grandfather through his daughter Sarah.
Small world.
In third grade the schools in Arlington MA have a colonial day curriculum when they teach about the Revolution. The kids/teachers all dress up in colonial clothes and eat colonial food.
My kids may have been the last to do it.
They didn't think it was inclusive for all.
Different areas used different materials.
I love the field stone houses of the early PA era.
Everything up here is wood.
Some will have brick foundations but most have big rectangular granite slab foundations.
Walking through the woods of Medford Fellsway you can see where all the granite was quarried.
