Shot heard around the U.S. - April 19 @ 12pm Eastern

[OakRidgeStars]

I haven't looked into this yet, but this is what I spotted on the Twitters today. Could be legit.

[Fiddler1537]

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[FiremanBob]

It's a cool idea, but:

1. The Shot Heard Round the World was fired by a British Officer shortly after 5:00 am Eastern time on Lexington Green, followed by a ragged volley, fired without orders, by the British regulars upon the members of the Lexington militia, who were walking away to avoid a confrontation. Eight Americans lay dead, and 14 wounded by a combination of shots and bayonets. Hardly any Americans were able to shoot back, although one British soldier was lightly wounded.

2. The second shots heard round the world were fired by British soldiers at the North Bridge in Concord about mid-morning. They were answered by a well-aimed volley from the Americans which killed their officers and sergeants. After about one minute, the soldiers broke and literally ran back into town, leaving their dead and wounded behind.

3. The war started in earnest about 1:00 at Merriam's Corner, about 1 mile east of Concord as the British were marching back to Boston. Fearing that the Concord militia was following too closely, the rear guard of the British column prepared to fire on them. When other Americans who by now lined both sides of the road saw this threat, they opened fire on the British as a pre-emptive defense of their buddies. From this moment on, it was all-out war.

How many modern "Americans" have the character to face such danger and fight to the death for a mere principle? For the answer, look at the threads on the suspended students in VA Beach and New Jersey. If Yamamoto could see the sheeple who call themselves Americans today, he would not have hesitated to invade California.

[MarcSpaz]

What a stupid idea. This must be organized by a lib/progressive pretending to be a defender of freedom.

What we are going to see (if gun owners at large do this) is likely more stories about little kids getting hit in the head with bullets falling from the sky. That will in turn give the leftest another excuse to push the confiscation agenda.

No thanks...

[FiremanBob]

Actually, if you are at the range, a symbolic group shot at a target would be an appropriate ceremony. At Appleseeds, we take a full-size Redcoat silhouette (same as Army "D" target" but red), put it out at 100 yards, and have the entire class fire a group shot at it.

If you're not at the range, it's a good excuse to go to the range.

The picture in the tweet looks like it's at a club range.

[AlanM]

Sorry to side track this but something that I just learned about in the last couple of years because it wasn't taught to me in school.
The biggest killer of colonists during the time around the American Revolution was smallpox.
More American prisoners of war were killed by the disease than by all the bullets and cannon balls.
Google "revolutionary war small pox" and see for yourself.

From:http://spotlights.fold3.com/2013/06/10/ ... son-ships/

Although 4,500 to 8,000 Americans died in battle during the Revolutionary War, an even higher number—an estimated 8,000 to 12,000—died during that time on British prison ships.
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The unsanitary conditions of the ship—along with the malnutrition of the prisoners—led to the rampant spread of diseases such as yellow fever, dysentery, small pox, and typhoid. Those who died during the night (around eight to twelve a night on some ships) were left there until the morning, when they were then buried in shallow mass graves along the bay.

Don't get me wrong. I believe that the US Army did similar things during the Indian wars.