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The British Are Coming! - Lady Cop - 04-18-2011
it's Patriots Day here, (only in Mass.) a battle reenactment and the Boston Marathon, traditions~~Paul Revere rides again!
British Major Pitcairn, at the front of his column, shouted to the Colonists: "Lay down your arms, you damned rebels and disperse!" during the re-enactment.
Minuteman Captain John Parker said: "Stand your ground! Don't fire unless fired upon! But if they mean to have a war, let it begin here!"
Boston Globe
LEXINGTON -- Under the glow of a full moon, several thousand people gathered along the ropes around Lexington Green early this morning to await the re-enactment of the Battle of Lexington.
Arriving with the sunrise, Thaddeus Bowman -- re-enactor Chip Daigle -- galloped in on horseback at 5:55 a.m. "Captain! Captain Parker!" he shouted, calling for the captain of the Lexington Minute Men, to warn him that the King's troops were headed their way.
With that, Parker -- retired Lexington businessman William Mix -- emerged from Buckman Tavern and ordered three members of his militia to fire the alarm guns. With that, the soon-to-be outnumbered minutemen gathered on the Green, much as they had early in the morning of April 19, 1775.
British Major John Pitcairn ordered the nearly 80 colonists to disburse. "Lay down your arms!" called Pitcairn, portrayed by Paul O'Shaugnessy, an imposing column of 150 redcoats behind him.
Parker ordered his men to back away.
A shot rang out.
Men on both sides fired, smoke cloaking the battlefield, the scent of sulfur in the air, shells on the ground. Eight colonists lay dead; nine more were wounded. All around, spectators captured photos and on cellphones and pocket cameras.
That skirmish would be the first in a daylong series of fights involving more than 3,500 colonial militia men and 1,500 redcoats, up and down the country road, that would leave more British than American casualties and spark the Revolution.
RE: The British are Coming! - Cynical Ninja - 04-18-2011
"We kicked the ass of those British pussies man!, those queen loving limey fags took a whupping!"
Etc, etc for the rest of eternity.
Amen.
RE: The British are Coming! - Lady Cop - 04-18-2011
(04-18-2011, 10:33 AM)Ordinary Peephole Wrote: "We kicked the ass of those British pussies man!, those queen loving limey fags took a whupping!"
Etc, etc for the rest of eternity.
Amen.
hey! don't blame me, it's history.
RE: The British are Coming! - Cynical Ninja - 04-18-2011
I am merely preempting the jingoistic horseshit that will no doubt follow from the resident Yankee mouth breathers that frequent this place.
Number of times I have ever mentioned the battle of trafalgar to a Spanish or French person online or in real life? never.
RE: The British are Coming! - Lady Cop - 04-18-2011
well you know in all fairness, i always post a Trafalgar Day thread.
![[Image: nelson_lord.jpg]](http://www.guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/nelson_lord.jpg)
and a Guy Fawkes thread too!
![[Image: GuyFawkesBonfire.jpg]](http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID6157/images/GuyFawkesBonfire.jpg)
even a Bastille Day thread!
![[Image: fireworks.gif]](http://www.johnclayton.org.uk/fireworks.gif)
RE: The British Are Coming! - Maggot - 04-18-2011
They are not coming they are just...........breathing hard.
RE: The British Are Coming! - Fibonacci Prima - 04-18-2011
Sounds like a pretty intense thing to watch. Would be amazing to see that someday.
Is it weird, or wrong that I have a teeny tiny obsession with Guy Fawkes?
RE: The British Are Coming! - Maggot - 04-18-2011
Hey............those pics were not there before.................
RE: The British Are Coming! - Cynical Ninja - 04-18-2011
(04-18-2011, 04:06 PM)Fibonacci Prima Wrote: Is it weird, or wrong that I have a teeny tiny obsession with Guy Fawkes?
Nah.
I have nothing but admiration for a man who thought blowing up Parliament was a good idea.
I've always been a big fan of this guy....
RE: The British Are Coming! - Lady Cop - 04-18-2011
(04-18-2011, 04:28 PM)Maggot Wrote: Hey............those pics were not there before.................
sure they were.
RE: The British are Coming! - Cracker - 04-18-2011
(04-18-2011, 10:33 AM)Ordinary Peephole Wrote: "We kicked the ass of those British pussies man!, those queen loving limey fags took a whupping!"
Etc, etc for the rest of eternity.
Amen.
King Charles III, right? I think we would have said, "King dong sucking limey fags." I think most people realize that was Brit on Brit action. We were colonists then, and mostly from the UK, so probably not best to brag in that manner.
Do y'all study the Revolutionary War, too, over there? Is it called the Revolutionary War in Britain? Or is it called Getting Rid of the Crazy Religious Nutfucks Skirmish?