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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77563989 United Kingdom 04/18/2019 10:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Listen, my children, and you shall hear Quoting: Pooka Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend,—“If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light,— One if by land, and two if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Will one of you stand up and recite it for us? Aw, c'mon on!! Finish this wonderful old poem we learned in history! Hey Pooka i always like this reminds me of what is about to COME |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77563989 United Kingdom 04/18/2019 11:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In 1775, five companies of Minutemen and five of non-Minuteman militia occupied a hill near the bridge with groups of other men streaming in, totaling about 400 against the British light infantry companies from the 4th, 10th, and 43rd Regiments of Foot under Captain Walter Laurie, a force totaling about 90-95 men. The British retreated across the river and the two sides faced each other across the North Bridge. A brief exchange of fire ensued which saw the first instance of Americans firing to deadly effect on British regulars, after which the British retreated. Ralph Waldo Emerson, positing that world history pivoted at that moment (an assertion that is disputed, as earlier events at Lexington Battle Green could be termed the true opening of the battle), called the first shot of this skirmish the "shot heard round the world" in his 1837 poem "Concord Hymn". |
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(OP) User ID: 36721404 United States 04/18/2019 11:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nobody going to recite it for us? I'll ask for a pin because this is the date for it - mods? Pin, please? Just for the hero of the story, Paul Revere? Prayer is the most powerful force on earth. “I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” Abraham Lincoln I sign all karma given. Would that those giving it to me followed suit. |
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(OP) User ID: 36721404 United States 04/18/2019 11:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | One if by land, and two if by sea . . . C'mon somebody - you know this one! Prayer is the most powerful force on earth. “I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” Abraham Lincoln I sign all karma given. Would that those giving it to me followed suit. |
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