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jhetleyTo hell with Monday holiday laws. This is the real Patriots' Day, the anniversary of the battles at Lexington and Concord.
I think it's worth remembering, now and then, that a bunch of traitors founded this nation -- armed rebellion against the established and recognized government. My Massachusetts ancestors didn't get hung or lined up and shot only because they _won_.
Not that I think this applies to current affairs...
I think it's worth remembering, now and then, that a bunch of traitors founded this nation -- armed rebellion against the established and recognized government. My Massachusetts ancestors didn't get hung or lined up and shot only because they _won_.
Not that I think this applies to current affairs...
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Date: 2007-04-19 08:53 pm (UTC)Or raise some kind of row
Ain't this glorious war
Fell on hard times now?
The song's about Valley Forge, but I imagine more than a few of the minutemen felt that way by the end of the first day. Trading volleys with the British regulars couldn't have been easy.