We took the previously canceled IBC date and held an Appleseed event to help our MA IITs develop some skills and practice around the POI in a safe (dummy rifle only) friendly event. We had several instructors on hand to help the orange hats with their presentations and refine them for use at future live fire Appleseeds. That was just on Saturday. On Sunday we focused on our heritage that we teach where the heritage happened. We had each IIT present, and work on each strike where the strikes happened on Battle Road. Powerful message standing on Lexington Common, Paul Revere capture site, the Old North Bridge, Miriam's Corner and the bloody angle while having IITs give the strikes. It was a bit on the cold side but everyone did great and some even volunteered to do strikes they didn't feel they could give yet. As a bonus everyone also was able to go home with a Battle Road patch and hopefully some new knowledge about our program and how to be better instructors.
Here are some more pictures of our weekend and Battle Road
and more
And lastly MA/RI has a new Shoot Boss... me :)
and RI has a new State Coordinator also me :)
Ooops forgot a few pictures at the Revere Capture site and of all of us at North Bridge.
Congratulations on both promotions!
All of my full sized images can be found here:
https://goo.gl/photos/RNXw1exFyw1KL1So6
What an amazing experience that must have been. I'm quite envious!
Well done!
Huzzah!
Huzzah!
Huzzah!
A TON of thanks goes to aim and lupis42 for setting this up and letting me run with it. I love the picture of the group of us in front of Isaac Davis.
Well done. Thanks for stepping up... :bow:
Thanks Rasmus and everyone else for the effort that was put into this.
Not too often that I feel lucky to live in Massachusetts.
I learned a ton and my son Patrick and I had a great time.
Time for me to add the pictures, I guess. This was quite a weekend for me to digest.
How many IITs does it take?
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Well, if your elbow rests on your knee ... you will *never* screw in that light bulb!
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Stand your ground, capnmike!
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Rail and the Harrington House - minus the plaque.
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Agent 355 capturing the spirit of the Revere Capture Site:
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They came three thousand miles:
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Concord's attempt to claim that the Revolutionary War started right HERE
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but redmage93 knows better. SHOOTERS! Gather 'round for the SECOND STRIKE:
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The Third Strike at Meriam's Corner. The ridge, the turn, the bridge, the brook, and the barn.
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A perfect weekend, with outstanding performance by the IITs. A bit of "dust in the air" however, as Rasmus put it. I have never understood what Project Appleseed is about quite as clearly as when I took that last picture.
April 19th, 1775!
Outstanding!
I am even more excited about visiting these grounds in April!
Wonderful idea having a IIT only class (being a lowly IIT0 at the moment) ;)