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A is for Adams, where we get our quote:
"Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven that I ever took half the pains to preserve it."
B is for Boston, that of the Massacre and Tea Party
C is for Concord, where the regulars were turned.
D is for Dawes, almost forgotten
E is for Emerson, preacher of Concord who would lose his life later in the war.
F is for Farmers, who fired the "shot heard round the world"
G is for Gage who played by the rules allowing us to use them against him.
H is for the Heart, where the War for American Independence was won before the first shots were fired.
I is for Independence the ultimate goal
J is for Jones, as in Ephraim Jones, the cannon-hiding innkeeper who got clapped upside the head by Pitcairn's pistol.
K is for King George, without whom we would have no story. Thanks Georgie!
L is for Lamson. Without he and his Dangerous Old Men all might have been lost.
Now what was "A" for?
M is for militia, the citizens standing up....O.L.
N is for North as in the Old North Church where the famous lanterns were hung
O is for Oneida County, New York where Thomas Gage acquired 18,000 acres through "friends in high places."
P is for Prescott. He who carried the alarm to Concord.
Q is for Quarry Hill where the largest store of gunpowder in Massachusetts was "secured at a stroke, without a shot fired" on September 1, 1774 by the 64th Foot, led by Colonel Maddison.
R is for Robert Kilgore, My Great x 8 Grandfather that was an Overmountain Man that fought at King's Mountain.
S is for Lt. Col. Francis Smith. Commander of the 19 April British expedition to Concord.
"Some subordinates complained that he was fat, slow, stupid, and self-indulgent. Others including General Gage liked his prudence, caution, gravitas, and gentility."
"T"
Is for Tyrant.
As in "Death to all Tyrants"
U For a UNITED group of pitch fork wielding farmers and shop keepers who refused to live under tyranny by being disarmed.
V is for victory and the birth of a nation.
W is for Whittemore - indeed a dangerous old man on April 19, 1775. The oldest veteran to participate in the American War for Independence was wounded on the very first day.
X marks the spot where the Third Strike of the Match caught fire -- Meriam's Corner -- and the Revloutionary War began
Y stands for LibertY which is the cause that the embattled farmers stood for at the North Bridge
Z is for HeZikiah Wyman, the most dangerous old man -- Death on a Pale Horse
Makes you wanna do a flash series...
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5525/10861445694_90fd28e40a_z.jpg)
That was AWESOME people.
And, yes, techres....PLEASE DO IT!!!!
Quote from: SteelThunder on November 14, 2013, 08:23:58 PM
That was AWESOME people.
And, yes, techres....PLEASE DO IT!!!!
Indeed. I think the presentation should go through the alphabet according to the posts on this thread, then finish with the "A is for Appleseed slide." Would make a good YouTube short as well (about 3-5 seconds for each slide with The White Cockade playing in the backgroud - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me_LOrsFLsE).
ShadowMan
yes!
Quote from: ShadowMan on November 14, 2013, 08:36:28 PM
Quote from: SteelThunder on November 14, 2013, 08:23:58 PM
That was AWESOME people.
And, yes, techres....PLEASE DO IT!!!!
Indeed. I think the presentation should go through the alphabet according to the posts on this thread, then finish with the "A is for Appleseed slide." Would make a good YouTube short as well (about 3-5 seconds for each slide with The White Cockade playing in the backgroud - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me_LOrsFLsE).
ShadowMan
Quote from: ShadowMan on November 14, 2013, 08:36:28 PM
Quote from: SteelThunder on November 14, 2013, 08:23:58 PM
That was AWESOME people.
And, yes, techres....PLEASE DO IT!!!!
Indeed. I think the presentation should go through the alphabet according to the posts on this thread, then finish with the "A is for Appleseed slide." Would make a good YouTube short as well (about 3-5 seconds for each slide with The White Cockade playing in the backgroud - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me_LOrsFLsE).
Yes Yes Yes
ShadowMan