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Patriotic Holiday; The Shot Heard 'Round The World
Topic Started: Apr 17 2008, 09:19 AM (235 Views)
writesong
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Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space:

I just want to remind everyone that the day after tomorrow, Saturday 19 April 2008, is a VERY important American patriotic anniversary.

It was on the morning of 19 April 1775, two hundred and thirty-three years ago, that seventy-seven men and boys stood on the green at Lexington, facing eight hundred highly trained professional soldiers of the World's most powerful and best equipped army.

Hopeless odds, right?

The British Army had been sent to seize their firearms.

Then was fired the "shot heard 'round the World", and the American Revolution had begun.

Do you have any ideas on how to properly observe this extremely patriotic event?

One of the best movies I've ever seen on this subject was APRIL MORNING, starring Tommy Lee Jones.

I also like seeing the Walt Disney movie, JOHNNY TREMAIN.

What can we do to make this day an officially proclaimed national holiday, with all the proper pomp, pageantry, and festivity it deserves?

How shall we pass this knowledge on to the children, and to future generations?

Thank you.
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writesong,Apr 17 2008
09:19 AM
Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space:

I just want to remind everyone that the day after tomorrow, Saturday 19 April 2008, is a VERY important American patriotic anniversary.

It was on the morning of 19 April 1775, two hundred and thirty-three years ago, that seventy-seven men and boys stood on the green at Lexington, facing eight hundred highly trained professional soldiers of the World's most powerful and best equipped army.

Hopeless odds, right?

The British Army had been sent to seize their firearms.

Then was fired the "shot heard 'round the World", and the American Revolution had begun.

Do you have any ideas on how to properly observe this extremely patriotic event?

One of the best movies I've ever seen on this subject was APRIL MORNING, starring Tommy Lee Jones.

I also like seeing the Walt Disney movie, JOHNNY TREMAIN.

What can we do to make this day an officially proclaimed national holiday, with all the proper pomp, pageantry, and festivity it deserves?

How shall we pass this knowledge on to the children, and to future generations?

Thank you.

April 19,1995 A truck bomb blows up outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma city.Do you think this day was picked for this bombing because of the historical importance of the date in 1775 and should the two events be linked in remembrance?
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writesong
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Swick:

You are correct.

Those events are linked - - - sort of - - - I think.

Actually, 19 April was the date of the Waco Massacre.

That was why the federal office building in Oklahoma City was blown up on 19 April, not only because it was the anniversary of the massacre, but because the federal agents who were responsible worked in that building.

Tim McVeigh stated that, following the Waco Massacre, he waited in vain for two years to see if any of those agents would be held accountable and prosecuted.

Coincidentally, it also was the date of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.

19 April is called "Patriot Day" in Massachusetts, and is an official state holiday.

I don't know if that's the case anywhere else.

That's why I disapproved of President Bush designating 11 September as "Patriot's Day", for it tends to distort our national history, and make everyone forget the "shot heard 'round the World".

Maybe that's why President Bush did it.

Maybe our government is afraid citizens might once again take up arms against tyranny.

What do you think?

Thank you.
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