Posted on 04/19/2007 7:30:10 PM PDT by mdittmar
I wonder if any American schools still teach this.
O thus be it e’er
when free men shall stand
Between their loved homes
and the war’s desolations....
By the rude bridge that arched the flood
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world
Spirit that made those heroes dare
To die and leave their children free
May God and nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee
Concord Hymn Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1837 (celebrating the dedication of the Obelisk, the Concord battle monument) By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled; Here once the embattled farmers stood; And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps, And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream that seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We place with joy a votive stone, That memory may their deeds redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. O Thou who made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, -- Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raised to them and Thee.
God bless America.
Well I am glad someone else besides me remembers this day!
Years ago I hassled the state newspaper (Arkansas Gazette) about convieniently failing to rememeber what happened in 1775 on this day. The paper at that time was very anti-gun. they have since gone the way of the Dinosaur media.
If you want to see a really great representation of the patriots of that day, check out “The Minuteman” by Don Troiani.
Semper Fi,
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Ping... While the article doesn’t have anything to do with Washington, thought you might be interested in it anyway.
The MSM stations never mentioned the historical import of this date simply because there wasn’t enough time after discussing one little dweeb’s psychosis. I will be driving past the Saratoga Battlefield Memorial tomorrow, and I will stop and give thanks and restore my soul. Again, thank you so much for reminding me.
BAAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....sorry....you’re joking, right? Of course they don’t.....
Yes, some still do. :)
Any Freepers care to pick up this ball and run with it?
what....Homeschooling?
It was my pleasure to do so.
On one of my trips to Boston to visit my daughter while she was attending Boston University, I got a chance to visit the Concord Bridge and see the monument. What a shame that Massachusetts is so dominated by people who don't have a clue what happened on "that famous day and year".
Farmers found themselves confronted by their own government's army, the most powerful armed force the world had ever seen, which was demanding the surrender of their arms. They would be truly ashamed of those who created the unarmed victim zone at Virginia Tech. As am I.
No, I teach this to 10th and 11th graders in the public schools. The curriculum is required by the state to be taught, which gives me the ability to teach the real story.
Not “all” public schools are bad and not “all” teachers are ignorant. Thanks :)
Here we have iron clad evidence that in fact their was no shot fired at all, and the Continental Congress has led us into a war of choice to support our Jingoist Paternalistic society, and our thirst for tea.
"Congress Lied, people DIED!!!"
I think the Democrats in the current US Congress should hold an immediate investigation to determine what really happened that day in April, and to begin posthumous impeachment hearings against all of the rich, white, slave holding white men responsible for this terrible war of aggression, and Karl Rove.
It's an obvious quagmire that's gone on for over 200 hundred years, and we need to immediately withdraw our forces and re-initiate surrender terms with the British.
Thanks. I was working from memory on that last stanza.
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