Happy Patriots day

[ja308]

Dear Friends,
Today is the anniversary of America's birth April 19 1775 !
On this day Militia marksman handed the redcoat army a huge defeat after they attacked on Lexington Green.

In honor of those brave men and women who were the 1st Americans involved with fighting for gun rights. I suggest each cal gunner #1 visit a shooting range or gun shop
#2 Practice dry fire with your favorite center fire rifle.
#3 Say prayers and thank God for those men and women who sacrificed so greatly for the rights we now enjoy .
#4 do a web search on " The shot heard round the world" and post to honor those brave patriots.
#5 comment or otherwise contribute something to this thread that we can make April 19th a day of remembrance and honor !

[ja308]

ul Revere’s Ride
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882)

Listen, my children, and you shall hear
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,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country-folk to be up and to arm.”

Then he said “Good night!” and with muffled oar
Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore,
Just as the moon rose over the bay,
Where swinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war:
A phantom ship, with each mast and spar
Across the moon, like a prison-bar,
And a huge black hulk, that was magnified
By its own reflection in the tide.

Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street
Wanders and watches with eager ears,
Till in the silence around him he hears
The muster of men at the barrack door,
The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet,
And the measured tread of the grenadiers
Marching down to their boats on the shore.

Then he climbed to the tower of the church,
Up the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread,
To the belfry-chamber overhead,
And startled the pigeons from their perch
On the sombre rafters, that round him made
Masses and moving shapes of shade,–
By the trembling ladder, steep and tall,
To the highest window in the wall,
Where he paused to listen and look down
A moment on the roofs of the town,
And the moonlight flowing over all.

Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead,
In their night-encampment on the hill,
Wrapped in silence so deep and still
That he could hear, like a sentinel’s tread,
The watchful night-wind, as it went
Creeping along from tent to tent,
And seeming to whisper, “All is well!”
A moment only he feels the spell
Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread
Of the lonely belfry and the dead;
For suddenly all his thoughts are bent
On a shadowy something far away,
Where the river widens to meet the bay, —
A line of black, that bends and floats
On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats.

Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride,
Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride,
On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere.
Now he patted his horse’s side,
Now gazed on the landscape far and near,
Then impetuous stamped the earth,
And turned and tightened his saddle-girth;
But mostly he watched with eager search
The belfry-tower of the old North Church,
As it rose above the graves on the hill,
Lonely and spectral and sombre and still.
And lo! as he looks, on the belfry’s height,
A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!
He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns,
But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight
A second lamp in the belfry burns!

A hurry of hoofs in a village-street,
A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark,
And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark
Struck out by a steed that flies fearless and fleet:
That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light,
The fate of a nation was riding that night;
And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight,
Kindled the land into flame with its heat.

He has left the village and mounted the steep,
And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep,
Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides;
And under the alders, that skirt its edge,
Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge,
Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides.

It was twelve by the village clock
When he crossed the bridge into Medford town.
He heard the crowing of the cock,
And the barking of the farmer’s dog,
And felt the damp of the river-fog,
That rises when the sun goes down.

It was one by the village clock,
When he galloped into Lexington.
He saw the gilded weathercock
Swim in the moonlight as he passed,
And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare,
Gaze at him with a spectral glare,
As if they already stood aghast
At the bloody work they would look upon.

It was two by the village clock,
When be came to the bridge in Concord town.
He heard the bleating of the flock,
And the twitter of birds among the trees,
And felt the breath of the morning breeze
Blowing over the meadows brown.
And one was safe and asleep in his bed
Who at the bridge would be first to fall,
Who that day would be lying dead,
Pierced by a British musket-ball.

You know the rest. In the books you have read,
How the British Regulars fired and fled,–
How the farmers gave them ball for ball,
From behind each fence and farmyard-wall,
Chasing the red-coats down the lane,
Then crossing the fields to emerge again
Under the trees at the turn of the road,
And only pausing to fire and load.

So through the night rode Paul Revere;
And so through the night went his cry of alarm
To every Middlesex village and farm,–
A cry of defiance, and not of fear,
A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door,
And a word that shall echo forevermore!
For, borne on the night-wind of the Past,
Through all our history, to the last,
In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear
The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed,
And the midnight message of Paul Revere.

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[K9paulc]

"Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? ... Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"

-Patrick Henry

[ja308]

It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?

"Are we disposed to be of the number of those , who having eyes see not the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part ,whatever anguish of spirit it may cost , I am willing to know the whole truth ;to know the worst and to provide for it..."
Patrick Henry
Hat tip to K9paul ^5

[ja308]

https://www.historynet.com/american-...of-concord.htm.

"Strictly speaking, Davis was not the first to die in the struggle for American independence. He was not even the first to die that bright April morning when the king’s troops, marching to Lexington and Concord to seize the rebel leaders and destroy the arms and ammunition stockpiled there, fired what poet Ralph Waldo Emerson immortalized as the’shot heard ’round the world.’"

RIP Captain Davis
We appreciate the legacy of freedom you and others achieved for us. Because compared to you we are a bunch of illiterate, spoon fed, doofuses !

[echo6cavedog]

I'm going to re-read Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer. I read it for the first time prior to attending my first Project Appleseed shoot (qualified Rifleman).

Happy Birthday, America!

[ja308]

I'm going to re-read Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer. I read it for the first time prior to attending my first Project Appleseed shoot (qualified Rifleman).

Happy Birthday, America!

Thank You Rifleman, the founders appreciate when people learn of the sacrifices and effort they put into securing our liberty. John Adams was even more blunt saying if you forget what we did we are sorry we ever did it for you.


"Posterity, you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in heaven that ever I took half the pains to preserve it. "

[jstert]

[ja308]

Thank you to the 4 people who commented on Patiots Day. You have the knowledge,intellegence and literacy to appreciate the sacrifices,determination and skill it took to beat the worlds most powerful army!

While I will NOT call those who viewed this thread and did not appreciate this historic event a bunch of useless doofus's. I do take note on the sad state of political affairs in California with regard liberty!

OK children now its OK to go back and play with your toys . The founders are disgusted by the lack of interest shown on a GUN FORUM !


"Posterity, you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in heaven that ever I took half the pains to preserve it. "
John Adams



My apologies Mr Adams for it sure appears the efforts by you and others are NOT appreciated by the extremely dumbed down version of Americans. Especially the California gun owner as represented by this forum.

https://www.breitbart.com/videos/april-19-1775-the-history-of-the-shot-heard-around-the-world/

[nitroxdiver]

We had a gathering and rally at the Idaho state Capitol for patriots day, with many armed patriots showing up, our state legislators gave some wonderful emotional speeches, and our Lt. Governor gave the oath to protect and uphold the constitution under the liberty tree to anyone who wanted to re-affirm their oath to the United States. A lot of us took the oath again yesterday. It was a great morning.



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[2shotjoe]

You're 4 days late, it was on Monday.

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[ja308]

You're 4 days late, it was on Monday.

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Sorry Friend, Monday was tax day ! The 19th of April was the day the "shot heard round the world" was fired .
Many shooters refer to that day as Patriots Day.

You can take my word for it or do a web search and learn all about it!

[ja308]

We had a gathering and rally at the Idaho state Capitol for patriots day, with many armed patriots showing up, our state legislators gave some wonderful emotional speeches, and our Lt. Governor gave the oath to protect and uphold the constitution under the liberty tree to anyone who wanted to re-affirm their oath to the United States. A lot of us took the oath again yesterday. It was a great morning.



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Thank You for posting news of the uplifting event celebrating American liberty and honoring those who started the Great War for independence !
Idaho, I salute you !

[nitroxdiver]

Thank You for posting news of the uplifting event celebrating American liberty and honoring those who started the Great War for independence !

Idaho, I salute you !