“By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fire the shot heard round the world.”
— Emerson
The government tried confiscation at Concord on April 19, 1775.
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I have stood on the Patriots' side of that very bridge, imagined the tyrannical government's troops approaching on the other side -- and asked myself if I would have been willing to fire that shot.
I answered, "yes!" -- but, then, I realized that I knew my family was safe and I was risking nothing.
Not so for the Minutemen -- everything they owned and loved was at risk -- but one of them pulled the trigger anyway...
"Lives, Fortunes, Sacred Honor..."