Saturday, April 19, 2014

"Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war then let it begin here"

Timeline Photos - Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution:

""Stand your ground. 
Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war then let it begin here" ~ Captain John Parker 
239 years ago this morning On April 19, 1775. 
 The British Commander in Boston Thomas Gage dispatched an expedition of around 700 regulars under Colonel Francis Smith to search the town of Concord for hidden supplies and weapons.
Lexington lay directly on the road that Smith men's took to reach Concord........ "

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