Re: re: the American Traditio
By: Moondog to Kaelon on Sat Apr 30 2022 02:04 pm
> April 19th marked the date of the beginning of the US Revolution, the battle
> of Lexington and Concord. The objective of the British landing force was
> to sieze the powder magazine in Conchord. That was a decisive moment since
> the Redcoats couldn't bring the volume of powder that matched what was at
> the armory. One of the volunteer's only job that night was stay at the
> magazine and burn it down if it looked like the Redcoats could capture it.
This is wonderful. Thanks for sharing this! Although I live on the South Shore
of Massachusetts now, I grew up in Florida and other than the names of the batt
les and the underlying political and economic motivations of the founders, I nev
er have appreciated the start of the American Revolutionary War until I moved up
here two decades ago. I'm just minutes away from Lexington and Concord, and sh
ould really partake much more of this rich history.
For the Ukrainians, arming its entire population has been a critical moment and
inspiring for Americans to recall our own foundations in freedom. I hope that,
in time, people will look to the preservation and inevitable victory of Ukraine
as a re-founding of global freedom everywhere.
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-=: Kaelon :=-
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