Surely it was a critically important moment in the American colonists' movement towards independence from English rule. All States would do well to join in public remembrance of the moment when the cry "The British are coming" roused brave men to face the imperialist forces at Concord Bridge, and defy their "gun control" efforts. Why is it only in the New England States that this confrontation is commemorated?
Are today's people embarrassed to admit that the independence of America rests on the freedom of the common people, not under the control of any offical government authority, to keep and bear arms?
Isn't it of the essence of America that the highest authority we acknowledge is not the King or his God or his appointed General Gage, but WE THE PEOPLE? Isn't that implicit in the Second Amendment and symbolized by our remembrance of Patriot's Day? [19 April 1775].
2007-03-11
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