Two and a quarter centuries ago, it was where the rubber met the road. And it was the cause of the Second Amendment, which never had anything to do with hunting.
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Two and a quarter centuries ago, it was where the rubber met the road. And it was the cause of the Second Amendment, which never had anything to do with hunting.
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Good viewing for the occasion: “April Morning,” a made-for-tv movie starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Urich. Based on the novel by Howard Fast. Yes, Howard Fast the Commie.
The battle on Lexington green was a massacre and complete rout. The British forces continued their march on to Concord and the armory in Acton. While word spread of what had happened that morning in Lexington, militia poured back into Concord and Lexington and took protected positions along the road back to Boston. Shooting from behind rock fences and trees the colonials created massive casualties among the British forces on their march back to Boston. The British, used to fighting battles of massed forces marching in line and rank formations that allowed fire, kneel, allow the next rank to advance while they reloaded, stand march forward, aim and fire. A higher sustained rate of fire. But that was little use against a force the fought guerilla style using natural and man made obstacles to not only shield themselves from fire but to fire from as well. Since there was no concentration of force for the British to oppose, they continued to take casualties on the way back. Gen. Braddock could have told them a thing or two about this type of warfare, had he lived to survive the French and Indian Wars.
Lexington Green served as a tripwire. Had a large British relief force not set out from Boston, it’s possible it would’ve turned into a complete debacle for the British.
Let’s not get hunting banned.