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Thursday, March 14, 2013
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Anonymous said...
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The famous "Minuteman" statue near the Concord bridge in Massachusetts is a monument to an actual individual, Captain Isaac Davis.
In November 1774, the town of Acton, Massachusetts formed a company of Minutemen, and elected Isaac Davis their captain. Most Minuteman companies were not equipped with bayonets and reloaded from powder horns, a slow reloading method, and thus were at a severe disadvantage in close combat and rate of fire.
Davis, a gunsmith, was determined that his company be as well-equipped and trained as British soldiers, so he equipped nearly every man in his company with a bayonet and a cartridge box, allowing his company to re-load as quickly as the British and close with them if required.
In leading his men, Davis emphasized marksmanship, training his company on a shooting range behind his house. His high standards in terms of equipment and training made the Acton company one of the best prepared in Massachusetts, and thus they were selected to lead the advance on Old North Bridge, where he was killed in the first minutes of the Battle of Concord.
Davis saw to it that his citizens were equipped with assault rifles of the day. They carried the day against tyranny.
And that, Captain Benghazi, and Plugs, and Schumer, and Cuomo, and DiFi, is why you have no right to tell us citizens what we need. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
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3/14/13, 6:08 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Yes indeed, Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner Dick, the forces of good did succeed on April 19, 1775.
And then there’s Col. John Buttrick: He was second in command of the American forces at Concord Fight on the first day of the American Revolution, April 19, 1775. In accordance with the rules of engagement, his men were ordered not to fire upon the British regulars on the other side of the North Bridge unless fired upon. However, once the regulars fired a volley which killed two Americans, he jumped up and shouted the famous command, "Fire, fellow soldiers, for God's sake, fire!" The Americans returned fire -- "the shot heard 'round the world" -- killing two regulars, mortally wounding a third and injuring several others.
Lost on most, but not the loyal here, is that we prevailed one other time.
Then there’s the tale of a tavern owner who served the British troops on patrols to confiscate the weapons of the colonial patriots around Boston.
They hid the weapons and ammo in the hayloft in the stable over where the British soldiers stabled their horses to much success.
Let me think here…… confiscatory taxation…weapon confiscation…didn’t end well for the tyrants.
Just saying.
j_c_
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3/14/13, 7:20 PM
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