Posted on 04/07/2010 5:32:25 PM PDT by writer33
On the evening of June 16, 1775, Colonel William Prescott took 1,200 Massachusetts and Connecticut soldiers to fortify Bunker Hill. General Thomas Gage had ordered that the position be captured. Mistakenly, Prescott passed the position, digging in at a lower position known as Breed’s Hill. What would ensue was a furious battle that would embolden the American people. The British, though victorious, were taught a painful lesson.
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Perfect link, LV. Thanks for posting it.
BTTT
Thanks for the bump, Fiddlstix. I appreciate it.
We're going to need it long before that. We have primaries to weed out the RINOs and Ø&Company will not stop. VAT, amnesty, cap n' tax, etc., will be shoved at us. We need to shove back.
great link
We’re shoving back now.
Yep...it was a great link.
Inspiring! I hope we are all brave when the time comes.
Thanks for reading. I appreciate it.
Great write! I too look forward to the day when the passage of Obamacare -much like the Battle of Thermopylae, Bunker Hill and The Alamo- is seen as a small victory for the forces aligned against liberty but ultimately served to embolden the disciples of liberty that went on to win the war.
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Levi Temple. He served under Capt Timothy Underwoods Co, Col William Prescotts Regiment at the Battle of Concord Bridge 19th of April 1775. He also fought at Bunker Hill along with some of his relation. Levi Temple, Westford. Prvt, Capt Timothy Underwoods co, Col William Prescotts regt. of Minute-man, which marched in responce to the alarm of April 19 1775; service, 10 days; also Capt. Joshua Parker’s co., Col Prescotts regt; order for advance pay, signed by said Temple and others, dated Cambridge, June 9 1775; also Corporal, same co. and regt.; muster roll dated Aug 1 1775, service 97 days... Order for pay at Cambridge 9 June 1775...Mass archives 35:51. To Col. Asa Whitcom Capt. Joshua Parker in Col. Wm. Prescotts regt the sum of two Pounds which is the advance pay to each of us by the honorable Congress and this with his recept shall be a full discharge for the sum wittness our hands, Cambridge ye 9th June 1775 Peter Brown, Thomas Kidder, Jonathan Hadley, William Read Jr., Samuel Craft, Isaac Parker, LEVI TEMPLE, Levi Fletcher, Stephen Read, Simeon Senter, Ephriam Chamberlain, Davd Bixby, Oliver Haild, Joeseph Minot, Jonathan Minot, Silas Procter, Jonathan Parker, Joseph Underwood, Ephriam Spaulding. Levi Temple is my grt grandfather-(5 times). In Bunker Hill there was also Nuttings listed...they are also ancestors of mine. God Bless them all and may they hold that special place of honor we all owe them.
Granpa Levi. I am sorry. It looks as if we will have to do it all over again and this time it will be much worse. I swear to you gramps, that I will stand on the front lines and take that shot to defend what you fought for in honor and terror back then. I will not let you down. I will die for you if it comes to that.
thx.
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