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Posted: 4/18/2024 12:08:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: DragoMuseveni]
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
Tomorrow is The Battle of Lexington and Concord In honor of these historic events I leave this:  How Deadly is a Flintlock Rifle? The British hated this thing Fuck King George and his red coats. |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 12:12:58 PM EDT
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So which half would have been taken out of context?
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Posted: 4/18/2024 12:16:01 PM EDT
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Most guns used by New Englanders were smoothbore fowlers.
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Posted: 4/18/2024 12:17:00 PM EDT
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"The British are coming! The British are coming!"
It would have never been said. At that time the colonists considered themselves British citizens, albeit very badly abused citizens. That statement would have made as much sense as "The Americans are coming!" would have been at, say, the January 6th debacle. |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 12:26:03 PM EDT
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It was "The Redcoats are coming!" is what I was taught in school. Of course, everyone forgets about William Dawes.
 I was 11 in 1976. The Revolution was revered, pardon the pun, and not reviled like it is today. |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 12:29:27 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ED_P]
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Posted: 4/18/2024 12:31:03 PM EDT
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It would have been The Regulars are coming.
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Posted: 4/18/2024 12:32:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kpel308: It was "The Redcoats are coming!" is what I was taught in school. Of course, everyone forgets about William Dawes. I was 11 in 1976. The Revolution was revered, pardon the pun, and not reviled like it is today. And Samuel prescott, who jumped that stone fence on his hoese like a boss and yeeted away. |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 12:34:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: DragoMuseveni]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Joe731: So which half would have been taken out of context? Thread title was just "The British are coming" and the thread only had html gibberish because copy/paste of the wiki links went wrong and some unknown keyboard combo caused the post to be submitted unexpectedly.  There was never going to be enough time to unfuck that other thread. Edit: Here's another video for the day,.  Angry Old Veteran vs. 700 Redcoats - Samuel Whittemore |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 12:45:38 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ED_P]
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For anyone thinking of vacationing in Boston this year, seeing "Battle Road" where the British advanced and retreated, and the Old North Bridge and visitor center, is very easy with lots of parking and traffic is not crazy like downtown Boston. It's an easy destination.
Battle Road is less than 5 miles each way and also has a visitor center and numerous historic markers. If you can't walk the road 5 miles out and 5 miles back there are parking lots along the road for famous points like where Paul Revere was stopped by the British.      Downtown Lexington is a 5 minute drive and has Revolutionary War related markers as well. 
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Posted: 4/18/2024 12:48:06 PM EDT
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The Regulars are out!
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Posted: 4/18/2024 1:07:30 PM EDT
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 my son shooting a pistol for the first time at simulated Redcoats (red balloons), July 4, 2007 |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 1:13:51 PM EDT
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Yankees were rude and many other countries would have lined the invasion route with booths selling drink, food, t-shirts and other souvenirs.
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Posted: 4/18/2024 1:34:47 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/18/2024 1:44:36 PM EDT
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The militia drove the Brits back to Boston harbor. The next major battle was Bunker Hill on June 17.
Eventually the Brit army fled Boston by sea, and never returned for any major operations in Massachusetts. After refit, the Brits came back to New York and New Jearsy, where initially they were very successful. Massachusetts was very much Patriot with a heavy presence of Patriot militias. New York wasn't, it had a lot of Loyalists. The geography on New York made it possible for the Brits (sea based) to attack from many different directions. Anti-gun types and lefties like to argue the militia was useless, but it drove the Brit army from the place it existed in force. |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 2:22:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DragoMuseveni: Thread title was just "The British are coming" and the thread only had html gibberish because copy/paste of the wiki links went wrong and some unknown keyboard combo caused the post to be submitted unexpectedly. There was never going to be enough time to unfuck that other thread. https://www.ar15.com/images/smilies/smiley_abused.gif Edit: Here's another video for the day,.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDo6x0MhEREQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By DragoMuseveni: Originally Posted By Joe731: So which half would have been taken out of context? Thread title was just "The British are coming" and the thread only had html gibberish because copy/paste of the wiki links went wrong and some unknown keyboard combo caused the post to be submitted unexpectedly. There was never going to be enough time to unfuck that other thread. https://www.ar15.com/images/smilies/smiley_abused.gif Edit: Here's another video for the day,. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDo6x0MhERESamuel Whittemore is a certified American badass |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 4:08:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By R_S: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/33354/2023_patch_jpg-3191243.JPG  
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Posted: 4/18/2024 4:11:33 PM EDT
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Has been in my bucket list for forever, always wanted to walk "The Battle Road". Check out Colonial Radio Theatre. They have one called Battle Road and another which is Bunker Hill. It's presented as a radio program but they also discuss with Park Rangers and others about the events. They were available as free downloads if I'm not mistaken and I highly recommend them if you're interested.
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Posted: 4/18/2024 4:32:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By oldcatawba: Has been in my bucket list for forever, always wanted to walk "The Battle Road". Check out Colonial Radio Theatre. They have one called Battle Road and another which is Bunker Hill. It's presented as a radio program but they also discuss with Park Rangers and others about the events. They were available as free downloads if I'm not mistaken and I highly recommend them if you're interested. It's a nice walk. They have flags where all the British soldiers are buried, as they were buried where they fell. |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 4:42:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Praimfiya: It would have been The Regulars are coming.  |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 4:45:08 PM EDT
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The real question is, do you think the militia men would have wore Hawaiian shirts if given the option.
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Posted: 4/18/2024 4:54:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M1Zeppelin: The real question is, do you think the militia men would have wore Hawaiian shirts if given the option. What did the shirts the shirtmen wore look like? |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 5:18:48 PM EDT
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Given how MA is a cesspool of liberalism I wonder if it were not for the tourism dollars they make off of our history would they erase it.
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Posted: 4/18/2024 5:43:49 PM EDT
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I am Samuel Whittemore !
By the way rifles were rare, the smoothbore fowling pieces and military muskets ruled the field. Even later when rifles became more available they weren't that great. There's a lot of BS myths about the rifles back then. |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 5:47:32 PM EDT
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"The REGULARS are coming"
Them saying "the British are coming!" would be just as odd if we said "The Americans are coming!" |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 5:51:47 PM EDT
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 "April Morning" (1988) - Excellent Battle of Lexington 1775 TV Movie |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 6:23:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DonS: What did the shirts the shirtmen wore look like? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DonS: Originally Posted By M1Zeppelin: The real question is, do you think the militia men would have wore Hawaiian shirts if given the option. What did the shirts the shirtmen wore look like?  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 7:32:51 PM EDT
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 Legend Has It - Episode 01 - The Shot Heard Round the World |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 7:38:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Wolfstone: I am Samuel Whittemore ! By the way rifles were rare, the smoothbore fowling pieces and military muskets ruled the field. Even later when rifles became more available they weren't that great. There's a lot of BS myths about the rifles back then. Rifles were more of a thing farther west. They were significantly more accurate than smoothbores but slower to reload. And more expensive to make. They obviously offered an advantage, or else those on the frontier wouldn't bother with them. |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 7:40:42 PM EDT
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"To arms ! To arms ! " Damn right !
They manned the line. Will we ? |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 8:07:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI wish he could just tell the story, without all the douchbaggery. |
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Posted: 4/18/2024 8:11:05 PM EDT
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You ungrateful colonists. I always find a reason to make my guys work on the 4th July as a reminder a limey is still in charge.
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Posted: 4/18/2024 8:13:55 PM EDT
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These days it’s the illegals are coming.
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Posted: 4/18/2024 10:03:29 PM EDT
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The Regulars are coming.....
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Posted: 4/19/2024 6:56:36 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/19/2024 7:10:42 AM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
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Posted: 4/19/2024 7:13:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kpel308: It was "The Redcoats are coming!" is what I was taught in school. Of course, everyone forgets about William Dawes. I was 11 in 1976. The Revolution was revered, pardon the pun, and not reviled like it is today. Bicentennial Marines. I was one. |
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Posted: 4/19/2024 7:25:55 AM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
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Posted: 4/19/2024 7:27:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryCame to post this. April Morning was a very good movie with Robert Urich, Tommy Lee Jones, and Rip Torn. Made for TV, but good production values. |
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Posted: 4/19/2024 7:33:55 AM EDT
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I grew up in the Concord / Lexington area.
My father used to take me to the bird sanctuary on the battle road every chance he got. I used to walk the bridge and parks a few times a week. I proposed to my wife on the Old North bridge in 2016. It's too bad the cradle of Liberty, MA, has fallen to the communists. |
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Posted: 4/19/2024 7:44:42 AM EDT
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Today in 1775 even George Washington was British.
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Posted: 4/19/2024 8:04:33 AM EDT
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My hope is to check out battle road by next year.
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Posted: 4/19/2024 9:18:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DonS: The militia drove the Brits back to Boston harbor. The next major battle was Bunker Hill on June 17. Eventually the Brit army fled Boston by sea, and never returned for any major operations in Massachusetts. After refit, the Brits came back to New York and New Jearsy, where initially they were very successful. Massachusetts was very much Patriot with a heavy presence of Patriot militias. New York wasn't, it had a lot of Loyalists. The geography on New York made it possible for the Brits (sea based) to attack from many different directions. Anti-gun types and lefties like to argue the militia was useless, but it drove the Brit army from the place it existed in force. Citizen Army's of Republics are more useful than public school teaches us. |
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Posted: 4/19/2024 9:22:17 AM EDT
[Last Edit: jtskier11]
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Posted: 4/19/2024 9:26:20 AM EDT
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Revere said “The regulars are out.”
Captain Parker never said “If they mean to have a war, let it begin here.” He instead said “Do not provoke them and let them pass.” The first shot at Lexington was fired by a British officer from a pistol, probably Major Mitchell or Lieutenant Sutherland. |
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Posted: 4/19/2024 9:48:43 AM EDT
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This Schoolhouse Rock segment probably teaches more about Lexington & Concord than most public schools. . .
  School House Rock Shot Heard Round the World America Rock |
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Posted: 4/19/2024 9:55:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ED_P: I was just riding my bike around Concord 2 days ago. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/18110/IMG_5818_jpg-3191198.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/18110/IMG_5819_jpg-3191199.JPG One of my favorite spots in the country. One very cold New England winter my friend and I skated there from Bedford, about 7 or 8 miles up the river, it was amazing. |
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Posted: 4/19/2024 9:57:43 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Inquisitive_Spaniard]
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Angry Old Veteran vs. 700 Redcoats - Samuel Whittemore ETA: Dang it, OP.
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Posted: 4/19/2024 9:58:05 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/19/2024 10:02:43 AM EDT
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Ironically Waco was also today.
History you crazy |
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Posted: 4/19/2024 10:12:48 AM EDT
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Was in a reenactment group for the '76 festivities, 71st Fraser's Highlanders. Still have my Brown Bess.
Fun times, we lived the life to the hilt. Besides the battles, we set up period-accurate encampments. Well, okay, okay, the iced keg hidden inside the whiskey barrel and the occasional whine of a chainsaw for firewood may have been pushing it a bit, but... |
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