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Sam Adams creator wants National Patriot’s Day
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| April 19, 2010
Posted on 04/19/2010 7:41:18 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: Texas Eagle
I hereby move that we abolish the Communists' favorite holiday, Labor Day, and replace it with Patriot's Day. International Women's Day, Earth Day, and May Day are all Communist holidays. How do you determine "favorite"?
The other 3 push the Party agenda. Labor Day at least is generally a day out with the family.
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posted on
04/19/2010 8:12:24 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(We've gone from phony soldiers to phony conservative protesters. Nothing about liberalism is genuine)
To: Deaf Smith
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posted on
04/19/2010 8:13:07 AM PDT
by
katana
(Ridicule is to Liberals what sunlight is to Vampires)
To: a fool in paradise
Patriots Day is a holiday in Boston. Isn't Patriot's Day the same day as "Fast Day" in NH? Or was Fast Day eliminated when NH passed Civil Right's Day?
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posted on
04/19/2010 8:15:08 AM PDT
by
A_Tradition_Continues
(formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98 Class of '98...PROCESS MATTERS)
To: ConservativeStatement
I just might start drinking Sam Adams beer.
We need a Patriots Day just to PO the “liberals” and “progressives” and Obow wow.
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posted on
04/19/2010 8:16:28 AM PDT
by
garyhope
(It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam.)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
04/19/2010 8:18:42 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(......and then there were none.)
To: ConservativeStatement
I watched HBO’s John Adams last year, and the portrayal of Sam Adams in that series was fascinating. I had always seen Sam Adams portrayed as a jolly, chubby, beer-drinking, good ‘ol boy-type ... pretty much like on the Sam Adams beer bottles. On the mini-series he was pretty hardcore ... much more the angry revolutionary than the jolly good ‘ol boy.
SnakeDoc
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posted on
04/19/2010 8:20:44 AM PDT
by
SnakeDoctor
("The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant [...] that even a god-king can bleed.")
To: katana
Five of Beers? Five Beers?
I'll pass.
Beer comes in multiples of six and should stay that way.
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posted on
04/19/2010 8:24:34 AM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, you know chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: Roccus
Excerpt from above link.
By a joint resolution approved December 18, 2001 (Public Law 107-89), the Congress has designated September 11 of each year as Patriot Day, and by Public Law 111-13, approved April 21, 2009, has requested the observance of September 11 as an annually recognized National Day of Service and Remembrance.
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posted on
04/19/2010 8:30:21 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(......and then there were none.)
To: Deaf Smith
OK, let’s go with 6th of May. Sexto de Mayo de Cerveza it is!
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posted on
04/19/2010 8:34:57 AM PDT
by
katana
(Ridicule is to Liberals what sunlight is to Vampires)
To: ConservativeStatement
Let’s make Sam Adams the official beer of Freepers. Cheers
To: ConservativeStatement
One of life’s little ironies is that what happened at the Battles of Lexington and Concord is pretty much what happened Two hundred eighteen years later at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco: the duly constituted authorities sent a force to sieze military supplies from suspect civilians and got their butts handed to them.
Maybe if it’s pointed out to them that they’re honoring the ‘David Koresh’ side of the Revolution, the enlightened inhabitants of Massachusetts will re-purpose the holiday to honor the British forces.
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posted on
04/19/2010 8:37:03 AM PDT
by
Grut
To: ConservativeStatement
Samuel Adams was the leader of the (should-be) legendary
Sons of Liberty:
Pre-Revolutionary War law-breaking rabble-rousers responsible for destroying over $1.5M worth of the King's tea in Boston Harbor, the burning of the Gaspee, and numerous other acts of violence including Tar & Featherings.
What is Jim Koch trying to imply here?? ;^)
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posted on
04/19/2010 8:38:42 AM PDT
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: SnakeDoctor
That was a great miniseries. I borrowed it from the local library and my husband and I watched it over Labor Day weekend. I had read David McCullough’s book on which the miniseries was based, but it has been five or six years before. After watching the movie, I read the book again.
I loved that miniseries so much that I asked for it for my birthday and received it as a gift :) When my kids get just a bit older (the oldest is almost 12), I will have them watch it.
And yes, Sam Adams was quite a pistol...he and his cousin are two men I very much admire.
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posted on
04/19/2010 8:43:29 AM PDT
by
Hoosier Catholic Momma
(Arkansas resident of Hoosier upbringing--Yankee with a southern twang)
To: ConservativeStatement
Absolutely make it a National holiday!
Timeline: Patriots Day and Related Events |
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1770 March 5: After 18 months of a British Army presence in Boston, Americans taunt the Redcoats into making a deadly mistake, shooting into a crowd and killing five men. The event, known as the Boston Massacre, is widely publicized by Paul Revere, who engraves and distributes color prints depicting the incident. |
1773 December 16: In the event known as the Boston Tea Party, colonists disguised as Indians dump imported tea into Boston Harbor to protest taxes on the product. Suspected participants include Samuel Adams, Paul Revere and Joseph Warren. |
1775 April 18: At 10pm on a Tuesday night, Dr. Joseph Warren sends Paul Revere and William Dawes, Jr. to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British are planning to march there to seize military supplies. At 11, friends row Revere across the Charles River to Charlestown where a fast horse awaits. Meanwhile, Dawes takes the longer land route through Roxbury. At 11:30, avoiding two British soldiers, Revere takes the Medford road, awakening all the people in houses along his path. April 19: The day that history will know as Patriots Day begins. 12am Dawes catches up to Revere at the Hancock-Clarke House in Lexington. Dr. Samuel Prescott joins the two riders on the road to Concord. The pealing of a bell on the green summons Captain John Parker and the local militia. 1am Two British soldiers surprise Revere, the lead rider. Dawes cuts back toward Lexington and escapes. Prescott jumps his horse over a wall, rides down by a swamp and continues onto Concord. Revere tries to lose his assailants in the woods, but is captured by another half-dozen British soldiers. 1:30am Prescott reaches the Hartwell Tavern and Mary Hartwell carries his warning to the nearby Lincoln minute men. 2am The Town House bell announces Prescott's arrival in Concord. Meanwhile, the last of the British regulars have finally been ferried across the Charles River from Boston. They begin their march toward Concord. 4am British General Thomas Gage orders General Earl Percy to lead a thousand-man brigade of reinforcements to Concord; missed messages will delay this group for five hours. In Concord, more of the supply depot is moved out of town, hidden or buried. 4:30am An American scout reports that the British are half a mile from Lexington. On Lexington Green, Captain Parker and 77 of his minute men stand in wait. 5am The British and the rebels face each other across the Green. Parker orders a retreat, but a shot rings out, leading to a full volley from the British. Both sides are engaged as the Colonists flee. Eight Americans are killed and ten wounded. 7am The British arrive at Concord and begin searching the town for weapons. The minute men watch from positions above the town, aware they are currently outnumbered but gaining troops each moment. 9am Percy's British relief force finally sets off, taking the land route. |
src="../subimages/hr_greyline_5_1_5.gif" width=300 border=0> --> 9:00-9:30am Spotting smoke in the town, 400 minute men descend from their positions towards town via the North Bridge. Confronting a small group of British soldiers at the bridge, the minute men are fired upon and return fire, killing three British and wounding nine others. Two minute men are killed and four are wounded. 10am The various British companies regroup in the center of Concord. Tired from having marched through the night, they rest for a couple hours before they begin their journey back to Boston. 12:30pm Now numbering more than a 1000, the minute men race to meet the British at Meriam's Corner. There, the Americans open a relentless attack as the British retrace their path towardsLexington and the safety of Boston. 2pm Captain Parker and his Lexington minute men avenge their fallen comrades in a second clash when the British regulars return to their town. 3pm General Percy and the King's Own 4th Regiment meet the retreating British soldiers and absorb them into their ranks. Percy's cannons open up on the local buildings, destroying any potential sniper positions. 4:30pm By the time the British reach Menotomy (now Arlington, Massachusetts), the American ranks have grown to more than 1900 men. The fighting here will claim about half of all the lives lost that day. 6:30pm Percy's men finally arrive at Bunker Hill where they are able to rest for the boats that will take them back to Boston. By the day's end the rebel force has grown to close to 4000. |
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April 20: Local militias lay siege to the British-occupied city of Boston. Late April: In the days and weeks that followed, local militia continued to gather in Massachusetts from neighboring colonies. |
June 17: At the Battle of Bunker Hill,Dr. Joseph Warren and Royal Marine Major John Pitcairn are both killed. Although the British capture the position, their heavy casualties against the smaller Colonial force constitutes a loss. |
July 3: A Virginian, George Washington, takes command of the Continental Army in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1776
March 17: After 11 months, the Siege of Boston ends; the British leave the city. |
1837 July 4: Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Concord Hymn" is sung at the ceremony for the completion of the Concord Battle Monument. Generations of American schoolchildren will memorize his lines describing "the shot heard round the world." |
1860 As a divided nation heads toward Civil War, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, another American poet, composes "Tales of a Wayside Inn," including "Paul Revere's Ride," which will also become one of America's most famous poems. |
1894 First observance of Patriot's Day as a Massachusetts state holiday. |
1959 |
Congress establishes Minute Man National Historical Park, encompassing the sites of the Patriot's Day skirmishes in Lexington and Concord. |
1969 |
Patriot's Day is officially designated as the third Monday of April, in the states of Maine and Massachusetts. |
2000 |
April 17: The 225th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord features an especially large parade. |
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/patriotsday/timeline/index.html |
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posted on
04/19/2010 9:14:31 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Double your income... Fire the government)
To: katana
This isn't about the mexicans, thus the point of the preempt.
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posted on
04/19/2010 9:26:23 AM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, you know chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: puppypusher
Same here. Favorites are Boston Lager, Summer Ale and Noble Pils.
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posted on
04/19/2010 9:30:11 AM PDT
by
stbdside
To: Deaf Smith
Sorry my poor attempt at humor has fallen on deaf ears.
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posted on
04/19/2010 11:06:22 AM PDT
by
katana
(Ridicule is to Liberals what sunlight is to Vampires)
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