We revere and honor men like Revere, Washington, Jefferson, and Adams. They are faces and names everyone knows who fought and worked as hard as any other in the fight for American Liberty. Today, men like Limbaugh and Hannity and Beck and O'Reilly want us to think they are the Washingtons and Jeffersons of our day when they are far from it. Unlike those men to whose stations they aspire, they do a lot of talking and not a lot of real fighting. They leave it to us to do so. If the Men of Lexington had been forced to carry the burden of the war, the Miracle of 1776 would have fizzled and died in infancy. Here are some thoughts on those men.
I have done a bit of research this weekend into the origins and activities of the 80 men identified by the Lexington Historical Society as participants on the 15th of April 1775. What I found came as little surprise. The men of Lexington were like everyone else in America. They were farmers and merchants, sons of soldiers or sharecroppers. People sometimes forget the Founders were people. They were people just like us.
Talking heads of the Conservative movement continually talk about countries they consider for 'when/if America falls'. They clothe themselves with odd old ends stolen forth from Founder writ and seem saints when most they play the devil. When they trot out the Founders to do their bidding, it behooves us to ask if these men respect the Founders' intent. Few of them show up as Washington did at the head of the army, at the head of the Tea Party, at the heads of government. They will not run for office if nominated or serve if elected. What kind of citizen refuses his duty?
The Minutemen Oath is simply and profoundly this:
The Talking Heads of either side are not read to sacrifice their estates, their lives, their families, or their honor. Would they stand with me on the green? I contend they would not.
Stop talking about where we'll go if America falls. This is our country. Fight for it. Otherwise, you betray the Men of Lexington. When that day comes, if God wills that it should be, I will be on the Lexington Green of American Liberty, gun in hand, and I will stand against whatever they send against me, even if I stand alone. It's God's country, and as long as a band of Christians exist in the land, he will protect them and either warn them to flee or prepare for battle. Unless he tells me to flee, I will meet them on the field of honor, and if they slay me there, I shall have secured in heaven all the things for which I really care and that have any significance anyway. I invite you to stand with me and the Men of Lexington.
I have done a bit of research this weekend into the origins and activities of the 80 men identified by the Lexington Historical Society as participants on the 15th of April 1775. What I found came as little surprise. The men of Lexington were like everyone else in America. They were farmers and merchants, sons of soldiers or sharecroppers. People sometimes forget the Founders were people. They were people just like us.
Talking heads of the Conservative movement continually talk about countries they consider for 'when/if America falls'. They clothe themselves with odd old ends stolen forth from Founder writ and seem saints when most they play the devil. When they trot out the Founders to do their bidding, it behooves us to ask if these men respect the Founders' intent. Few of them show up as Washington did at the head of the army, at the head of the Tea Party, at the heads of government. They will not run for office if nominated or serve if elected. What kind of citizen refuses his duty?
The Minutemen Oath is simply and profoundly this:
We trust in God that, should the state of our affairs require it, we shall be ready to sacrifice our estates and everything dear in life, yea, and life itself, in support of the common cause.
The Talking Heads of either side are not read to sacrifice their estates, their lives, their families, or their honor. Would they stand with me on the green? I contend they would not.
Stop talking about where we'll go if America falls. This is our country. Fight for it. Otherwise, you betray the Men of Lexington. When that day comes, if God wills that it should be, I will be on the Lexington Green of American Liberty, gun in hand, and I will stand against whatever they send against me, even if I stand alone. It's God's country, and as long as a band of Christians exist in the land, he will protect them and either warn them to flee or prepare for battle. Unless he tells me to flee, I will meet them on the field of honor, and if they slay me there, I shall have secured in heaven all the things for which I really care and that have any significance anyway. I invite you to stand with me and the Men of Lexington.
"Stand your Ground! Do not fire unless fired upon, but if they want a war then let it begin right here!" -Captain John Parker, Lexington Minutemen
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