April 19, 1775
This Month in American Revolution History
Lexington, Massachusetts: The Battles of Lexington & Concord,
Massachusetts were perhaps the first serious evidence that the
Colonials were willing to commit to a war which would rid them of
British Domination. Word of the advance of British forces coming
from Boston was spread on the evening of April 18, 1775 during the
well-known "Ride of Paul Revere" . The early morning of April 19,
1775 found a swelling rank of townspeople joining the 130 elite
"minutemen" waiting on the Village green in Lexington with Captain
John Parker to face Gage's troops. By daybreak, only about seventy
of the assembled minutemen bore arms, and they formed into two
lines to face the British about 100 yards away on the road to
Concord. Against an opposition outnumbering the Colonials ten to
one, Parker realized that opposition was foolhardy, but he declared
he would shoot any man who ran. The Colonials stood their ground.
The British Major John Pitcairn rode forward and ordered the rebels
to disperse. Realizing the futility of their position, the patriots began to
do so, but refused to surrender their arms. Suddenly one shot rang
out, who fired it will never be known. A British officer ordered his
troops to fire. Their volley flew over the minutemen's heads. Pitcairn
shouted an order to cease fire, but his overexcited troops let loose
another volley and charged the fleeing minutemen. With great difficulty
the British officers regained control over their troops. Eight dead
patriots lay on Lexington Green; ten wounded escaped. The Battle of
Lexington is over.
Concord, Massachusetts: Rejoined by Smith's detachment, the British
forces proceeded toward Concord, as the news of their march
spread through eastern Massachusetts by means of a system of
couriers, church bells, and drums. By the time Dr. Samuel Prescott
reached Concord with news of the British approach, the alarm bell
had summoned the minutemen to arms. The British advanced on
Concord, attempting to disperse the minutemen who were stationed
on a ridge above the roadway. The patriots fell back to a second
ridge, and reassembled on Punkatasset Hill, a 200 foot elevation
north of the Concord River. There they awaited reinforcements as the
British entered the town. After sending a detachment to Col. James
Barrett's house to look for armaments, and stationing troops to guard
the North Bridge, the British officers took refreshment in the local
taverns. Meanwhile, the minutemen descended to a ridge nearer the
North Bridge as reinforcements to their numbers arrived from nearby
villages. Seeing that the British had set fire to the courthouse and a
blacksmith shop, Barrett's adjutant, Joseph Hosmer questioned
whether the patriots intend to let their town be burned. They decided
to come to the town's defense, and Barrett gave the famous order to
advance but to hold fire unless fired upon.
Led by Barrett, Major John Buttrick, and Lt. Col. John Robinson, the
minutemen advanced, while two fifers played "The White Cockade."
Capt. Laurie requested reinforcements, but they were slow in coming.
Laurie withdrew his men to the east end of the bridge while the
minutemen crowded the west end. The British fired first. One Colonial
was wounded. Then a second British volley killed two patriots and
wounded two others. Buttrick ordered his minutemen to fire, and
three British soldiers fell dead.
The British fell back, met Smith's reinforcements, re-formed, and
stopped in Concord. The minutemen followed, but lack of discipline
aborted their advance. The Battle of Concord took a break!
At noon, the British forces began the return march to Boston. For an
hour all went well for them, but hundreds of Patriots joined the
minutemen, and ran in front and behind the British column, hiding
behind walls and trees, firing on them they passed. About a mile east
of Concord, the fighting resumed. For sixteen miles, the minutemen
continued their guerilla tactics, with a stream of reinforcements
replacing the dead and wounded. Confused and demoralized by this
unconventional and ungentlemanly version of warfare, the British
troops retreated in panic toward Lexington. The British troops
staggered onto Lexington Green to meet up with reinforcements, and
the retreat toward Boston and the protection of his majesty's ships
lying in the Charles River, continued.
The Americans suffered a total of ninety-five casualties, with forty-
nine killed. The British casualties were surprisingly light, a total of 273,
with only seventy-two dead out of 2,000 troops. But the real loss for
the British was this realization:
THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION HAD BEGUN!
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Recent achievements by the renegade federal government on or near
April 19th:
1. They Burned a church in Waco, Texas to the ground and bulldozed
the evidence, murdering 80+ church members, shooting some as they
attempted to escape the burning building.
2. They blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City, the "American
Reichstag", then bulldozed the evidence.
3. They instigated the Columbine Shootings to foster fear and garner
support for gun control.
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The renegade command and control socialist feds hate April 19th.
What do they have in store for America this year?
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