I have hiked, biked, and driven all over the Berkshires. You do NOT want to have to haul cannon over the Berkshires! In awe at these lads, absolute units every one of them
The "Noble Train of Artillery" is one of the greatest feats of its day. In the middle of winter, through swamps, across half-frozen rivers and lakes, over the Berkshires on mud roads. It took 70 days to move 60 tons of artillery over 300 miles. A single 24 pounder, a dozen 10 pounders, ten 12 pounders, and a host of smaller guns, howitzers, and mortars. Several were lost in lakes and swamps, but recovered by hand. The time is including stopping to assemble, load, and fire one of the larger ones when they passed through any kind of settlements, to stir up enthusiasm in the gawking crowds. Not bad for an overweight 24 year old bookseller.
The American people need to see this and learn what their wonderful lives costed. We must all be ready to defend the liberty and freedoms others have fought for us. Even from internal threats
@AustinAOkay, while I agree 100%, million in the USA HATE the Nation!! They seek to do away with the Constitution and Bill of Rights. They seek to install 100% democracy ie majority rules. Big cities would override the smaller populations. They seek to overturn the Electoral College. They seek to disarm all citizens except criminals, law enforcement and the government. So many embrace the idea of socialism and communism. How many voted for open border Biden??
Fat Henry was the OG of Independence. Decades later, some other pretty decent General would make an observation about amateurs, tactics, and _logistics_ .
General Henry Knox's ox-driven caravan of cannon (taken from Fort Ticonderoga) is depicted passing by the Adams' house in Braintree, Massachusetts en route to Cambridge, Massachusetts. In reality, General Knox's caravan almost certainly did not pass through Braintree. Fort Ticonderoga is in upstate New York, northwest of Cambridge, and Knox is assumed to have taken the most likely routes of the day, from the New York border through western and central Massachusetts via what are now Routes 23, 9, and 20, never entering Braintree, which is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Cambridge
@@flintfredstone228 Being armed for self-defense is not paranoia. Being armed for self-defense is preparedness. Every day I see articles of citizens facing criminals. In many of the articles the citizen is armed. Most cases, it does not turn out well for the criminal. Which is the best outcome. You may NEVER need a firearm for self-defense. Which would be great. But when you DO need a firearm for self-defense, you need it 100%.
@@midtownmariner5250 Guns are useless against drones, though. The American Revolution could not have happened with modern military and intelligence technology. The government can check your browsing history, every comment you make on any platform, every email you send, every purchase you make. Even if you try to protect your privacy, unless the recipient does too, you're leaving a trail. And since so many people are so careless about their privacy, the mere fact that you've protected yours makes you stand out. If ever a true rebellion broke out, all they'd have to do is shut down the internet and cell towers for civilians and coordinated attacks would become impossible. Then they'd dig through the data and figure out who the rebels and their families are, and then either arrest or bomb them. The only reason Afghanistan went the way it did is because its people weren't all dependent on modern tech with a massive backlog of data on each person, and because the US government wasn't fully committed. The US government already defends companies that poison the populace in peacetime; you think it won't break out the biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons if a real rebellion breaks out? (And then use its control over the media to hide it all, of course.)
