Posted on 09/23/2008 8:57:57 AM PDT by Pharmboy
It was during this field trip that I learned that it wasn't Paul Revere who sounded the alarm in Concord, because he never made it there. Just outside of Lexington, Revere and two other men were riding toward Concord, when they came upon some British Regulars. One of the riders managed to get away before they were seen, but Revere and the other man were stopped. Neither were armed, so the British only held them for a couple of hours. Then the British continued their march on to Lexington and Concord, and Revere and the other man rode hard up to Bedford to warn the milita that "the Regulars were coming".
We finished this field trip to the "Battle Road" in Concord, at the Old North Bridge, with the kids taking part in an interactive demonstration of what happened that day. Some of the kids read the actual words of some of the participants, and then they split them into two groups and had them run at each other, over the bridge. Our kids are in college now, but they still talk about that trip, and how much fun, and how interesting it was.
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Wow. Thanks Pharmboy. "Fighting in the American Revolution began with the famous "Shot heard 'round the world" at Lexington, Massachusetts, on April 19th, 1775." * |
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“And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”
And YOU, SuziQ, and your hubby represent home schooling at its best!
I still get a chill when I read that...
Why thank you! We only homeschooled the two younger ones, and only from Middle school on, but we really enjoyed the freedom it gave us as a family, and the kids enjoyed having the time to study the subjects they WANTED as well as the ones they needed, for college admittance.
Wouldn’t it be cool if they used the farm in a respectful patriotic movie about the American Revolution?
That’d be very cool.
Better sharpen that point up a little. It has been rusted and dulled up by age and non-use. Try it on your two pinko senators first.
No more happy hour either :(
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