On this day 228 years ago, the American Revolution broke out when British troops attempted to seize militia weaponry at Lexington and Concord. The British troops, as we know, got their hindquarters shot off clear back to Boston, and we eventually won freedom from the English monarch.
Today also marks the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto revolt, the largest instance of Jewish resistance to the Holocaust. Only a tiny number of the rebels survived their fight, but they proven that hope and freedom cannot be ext
On a less noble note, it is also the 10th anniversary of the government murders at Waco.
In light of today being such a day with such important symbolic meaning for patriots and tyrants, I think some celebration is in order. Accordingly, I spent the whole day shooting (took 3rd place in a pistol match, too
), and I'm going to spend the evening reading about the American Revolution and browsing through Doing Freedom! ezine.
How about you all? Anyone else celebrating today?
Today also marks the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto revolt, the largest instance of Jewish resistance to the Holocaust. Only a tiny number of the rebels survived their fight, but they proven that hope and freedom cannot be ext
On a less noble note, it is also the 10th anniversary of the government murders at Waco.
In light of today being such a day with such important symbolic meaning for patriots and tyrants, I think some celebration is in order. Accordingly, I spent the whole day shooting (took 3rd place in a pistol match, too
), and I'm going to spend the evening reading about the American Revolution and browsing through Doing Freedom! ezine.How about you all? Anyone else celebrating today?
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