At Minute Man National Historical Park the story of the opening battle of the Revolution is told through the painstakingly restored and preserved battle sites, landscapes and structures associated with April 19, 1775. The Wayside: Home of Authors bears witness to how the spirit of the American Revolution lives on through the writings of the Concord authors. Park staff and a dedicated community of volunteers with wide-ranging areas of knowledge and expertise bring this history to life with special programs, lectures and living history events.
British Army uniform evolution. at this point I think it becomes closer to Napoleonic era Redcoats. what's next is standing collars. and shortly later shakoes.
Isaac's wife, Hanna recorded in her diary the events of that April morning. Isaac was a true leader, having the Acton minute company fashion bayonets and high capacity (36 round) cartridge boxes. They also drilled regularly. All things now illegal in the cradle of liberty. Hannah's diary is worth a read.
I appreciate your video tour. On such tours. it would be helpful if you might indicate the compass point as you point the camera in a given direction, and indicate direction of movements of parties involved, direction of their points of view, etc. I was disoriented through much of the video as you spoke, panning the camera left to right, without clear indications of compass points. Thank you.
Some of this I did not know. Instructions to sent taxes, collected from people in towns, to the Committee of Safety instead of to ‘the King’. Which began financial assets to provide the militias. Other historical facts here, new to me . Very important stuff in this short presentation. Thank you
The failure of the majority of American towns and suburbs to uphold and maintain their own militia is a disgrace...the "national guard" is not your states militia, it's a federal mandate system that subverts a states rights to defend themselves.
Any time people talk about drinking in the past, maybe the Colonial times or even the Bible times, they try to down play the amount of alcohol in the drinks, why?
This was absolutely beautiful! In dept explanations of the minute men formations, safety measures, fastest and safe use of the rifles, the loading process all of it was just beautiful! Very educational and informative!
I want add some food of thought... normally a 100 to 150 yards the killing abilities of the MUSKET decreases & after 150 yards tremendously. There was good chance at those distances that if the powder was low quality or charge wasn't enough the rounds could get stuck in layers of clothing or bounce off.
I want add some food of thought... normally a 100 to 150 yards the killing abilities of the MUSKET decreases & after 150 yards tremendously. There was good chance at those distances that if the powder was low quality or charge wasn't enough the rounds could get stuck in layers of clothing or bounce off.
In the modern day they would be called crazy paramilitary terrorists. Isn't that interesting, almost as if the America of then would despise the America of today. The founding fathers are rolling in their graves.
It's sad that history isn't told anymore. My past teachers would even teach me stuff from the past that the school didn't require us to learn. I was taught about the natives, slaves (all races), and the minute men. I always thought the minute men were sooooo gangster. Just imagine sleeping, having a great dream, and them BOOM, and you have to gear up in less than a minute. Awesome.
No voy a mentir, conocí esto gracias a Fallout 4, al ver que eran un grupo que realmente querían defender a las personas y que estaban basado en un "ejército" real, me dio la curiosidad de saber, ¿realmente eran un grupo tan noble y leal como lo marcan en el juego, o tuvieron pequeñas caídas como cualquier ejército o grupo libertario?
Like the British ww2 home guard pitch folks, blades and popguns, we need this now days it seems with the way China and all the other non western governments are plotting against the common man. I think the next war will be against computers myself and A.I. ?
Of course not. We were firing powder only. Visitors were on the trail, 50 yards off to the side, with a physical barrier and range safety officer keeping them out of the firing range. We had 200 yards clear in front.
