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Freedom's volley

Started by The Wolfhound, April 07, 2020, 01:05:58 PM

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The Wolfhound

April 07, 2020, 01:05:58 PM
I am absolutely NOT suggesting violating your state's prohibition on travel or gathering, but for those who can, where will you fire this year's freedom volley?  Remember the names of the valiant dead from Lexington and Concord.  Fire the volley in remembrance.  Video and share it, so that this will not fall forgotten under the rules of the current situation.  Let this too be heard around the world! :snipersmi

Tennessee Beast

#1
April 07, 2020, 01:46:10 PM
As of now, Hot Springs Arkansas.  I will shoot in the back yard if I have to.

In giving us dominion over the animal kingdom, God has signified His will that we subdue the beast within ourselves.
John Lancaster Spalding

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin, 1775

"A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies."  George Washington 1790

"[T]o preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them…"
- Richard Henry Lee, Declaration Signer

Practice every time you get a chance. - Bill Monroe

misawa

#2
April 07, 2020, 03:52:45 PM
Was just thinking about this while at the range Sunday.  I will be doing this at Cavalier with as many of my family as I can get there. 

BrotherPilot

#3
April 07, 2020, 05:07:47 PM
My back yard with DeadAnt and The Handler, and possibly a friend or two from work.
Jay
VA State Coordinator
540-855-4651
"It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."•Samuel Adams

Mrs. Smith

#4
April 07, 2020, 11:27:52 PM
There are still some events for that weekend that haven't been cancelled (yet). Has there been an official statement as to the time the volley will take place? If we can, we'll coordinate ours out in the desert for the same time.
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't." - Margaret Thatcher

You can have peace, or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - Robert A. Heinlein

"A generation which ignores history has no past, and no future." - Lazarus Long

"What we do now echoes in eternity." Marcus Aurelius

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Charles McKinley

#5
April 11, 2020, 01:06:56 AM
At my range on the farm with DeckApe FullMetalRifleman and as many others as I can assemble.  My preacher will be off that day so maybe a good time for his Appleseed baptism. ;)
Last evening, it occurred to me that when a defender of Liberty is called home, their load lands upon the shoulders of the defenders left behind. Just as the Founders did their duty for Liberty, every subsequent generation must continue their work lest Liberty perish. As there is no way for the remaining adults to take on the work of those that die, we must pass the ideals and duties on to the children. -PHenery

misawa

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April 16, 2020, 05:11:36 PM Last Edit: April 17, 2020, 12:54:54 PM by misawa
For those in the Commonwealth firing private volleys, attached is the PDF of the planned method to do the volley and the times to do so if possible (at Cavalier I will have to do earlier).

EDIT: moved PDF to instructor page per request.  My mistake for posting publicly.

Sheepdog87

#7
April 17, 2020, 09:52:28 AM Last Edit: April 17, 2020, 10:09:03 AM by Sheepdog87
Dang, reading through this, I wish I was able to attend an actual event this year. I'm new to Appleseed, and was looking forward to signing up for my local event this coming weekend before our state shut everything down. Question: it says to hang targets (because modern safety requires that we know our target and only point the rifle as something we're willing to destroy) but it doesn't say what targets. As it is a 13 shot course of fire, are these redcoat targets? Or is it supposed to just be a sheet of paper with a black dot? Wondering for my own edification.

EDIT: Nevermind, I found it in the pdf. Pro-tip, if you keep reading BEFORE asking, you'll probably find the answer. Thought they taught me this in gradeschool...  ;D
--ARW
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Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
-1 Corinthians 10:31

cwcdl79

#8
April 18, 2020, 07:08:05 PM
A day early, but Crazyduckhunter and I had a little tribute

Mrs. Smith

#9
April 18, 2020, 08:51:18 PM
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't." - Margaret Thatcher

You can have peace, or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - Robert A. Heinlein

"A generation which ignores history has no past, and no future." - Lazarus Long

"What we do now echoes in eternity." Marcus Aurelius

Waco 1-17       Waco 1-19     El Paso 7-19       Alamogordo 5-20     Albuquerque 7-21       Houston 8-21 (SBC)    Colorado Springs  2-22 (SBC)    Midland 8-22 (KDIBC)     Albuquerque 2-23      Harvard 5-23      El Paso 12-23 (PIBC)     Phoenix 2-24    El Paso 3-24

BrotherPilot

#10
April 20, 2020, 10:42:34 AM
The young-uns and I assembled on the range for the volley. The broadsheet was read and the names of the 40 recited with 13 rounds fired to honor their sacrifice.  Pictures taken afterward since we didn't have someone to capture video.
Jay
VA State Coordinator
540-855-4651
"It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."•Samuel Adams
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