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You are not far off at all. The so called smart people in Lexington prefer to be ruled by distant authoritarian government
I dont know if they used the word "assult " but they went to Barretts farm to Sieze the Cannon(s) and the weapons arsenal. Where the patriots buried the weapons in the DirtThe interesting thing is that the British mission that day was quite literally enforcing an assault weapons ban.
Didn't the British throw ammo, equipment and food into the river? They just fished it out and saved everything after the British left.I dont know if they used the word "assult " but they went to Barretts farm to Sieze the Cannon(s) and the weapons arsenal. Where the patriots buried the weapons in the Dirt
History feels like its repeating itself. Whenever I see morons driving around by themselves wearing a face diaper, all I think about is how they would be first in line to ride the Cattle Cars
Your comment made no sense and was off topic.View attachment 474221
That said, my family on my paternal side were Loyalists.....
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ETA: my post above was in reaction to OP's reading my post #2, and thinking I was a liberal. It's been redacted. I should have quoted it.
I don't believe people with mental disease were allowed to hold office or powerful positions. But nowadays anything is possibleWasn't there a British soldier who went by the name of Lt Healey, known for his arbitrary brutality. Apparently, his fellow Brits amd German mercenaries weren't entirely sure of his gender.
They did, in Concord. The patriots (a few years before Tom Brady) fished them out and then went after the lobsterbacks.Didn't the British throw ammo, equipment and food into the river? They just fished it out and saved everything after the British left.
Actually, I thought it was on-point. Your picture showed British Regulars, defending the Crown, discharging their arms. Why would GRIII want to control that? If George was promoting stricter gun control, he'd have posted pix of the Colonials.Your comment made no sense and was off topic
Its amazing that 246 years ago, some of the most Based Patriots lived in Concord and Lexington.. now in 2021. These towns make up some of the biggest f***ing pussies in our country. Its amazing how things have changed. Look at the f***ing morons in Newton protesting a legal law abiding Gun Store. How pathetic, none of those non-binary transgender politically correct freaks would ever serve our country and stand up for the American Flag
Didn't the British throw ammo, equipment and food into the river? They just fished it out and saved everything after the British left.
Do you know if the cannons were ever used again against the British? They destroyed the trunions so they couldn't be mounted but it sounds like the cannons themselves were serviceable. I can't seem to find any source on it.Smith‘s orders are quoted in post #6. He was to have disabled the guns more or less permanently, destroyed the provisions as best he could, and dispersed the small arms ammo on the march back.
As it was, his men were too exhausted and vengeful to keep their heads, and once Barrett engaged them it was only Percy’s arrival that prevented hi from being routed. Chucking everything into the river was the best he could manage, and it guaranteed mission failure.
Of course, if you read post #6, he really didn’t fulfill any of his orders. If he’d followed them WRT the guns, they’d never have been functional again.
Do you know if the cannons were ever used again against the British? They destroyed the trunions so they couldn't be mounted but it sounds like the cannons themselves were serviceable. I can't seem to find any source on it.
... my family on my paternal side were Loyalists.....
Amazing you know so much detail about our local.history. I'm fascinatedNo trunnions meant no firing in those days. It was permanent damage. My understanding is that Smith had no time or security to do that, and that he merely spiked them; that was a battlefield trick that took them out of action for tedious hours. If so, the colonials definitely put them back into action.
Nah. It’s not local. Military history is a passion of mine, and anyone studying the Napoleonic Wars needs to learn about how cannon were disabled. Knocking off trunnions was usually the work of sailors or marines raiding batteries, while spiking guns was the kind of thing cavalrymen did when they only had a few minutes between the artillerymen running for cover and the enemy cavalry counterattacking.Amazing you know so much detail about our local.history. I'm fascinated
Pounding a long spike or two into the touch holeI don’t understand what spiking a cannon is?? A wooden spike in the bore?? Or a steel spike through the fire hole?
Pounding a long spike or two into the touch hole