On this 250th Anniversary of the first Patriots Day, the battle of Lexington and Concord, the White House posts the following historical account for our consideration. Thank You President Donald J Trump.
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On this 250th Anniversary of the first Patriots Day, the battle of Lexington and Concord, the White House posts the following historical account for our consideration. Thank You President Donald J Trump.
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The beginning was great.
Hoping the future compliments the beginning.
Our Republic is forever grateful to those brave souls who repelled King George III and his minions.
Cheers to another 250 years!!!
Some peripheral history relating to the Revolution.
https://vermonthistory.org/freedom-unity-green-mountain-boys/
Good history right there. Waylon Jennings was a time traveler.
Just a Green Mountain Boys
Never meanin’ no harm
Beats all you never saw
Been in trouble with the Yorkers since the day they was born
Straightening the curves, yeah
Flattening the hills
Someday Green Mountain might get ‘em, but the Yorkers never will
RIP, Waylon..
Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys would not fight unless they got all the looting rights.
One of my ancestors was a Green Mountain boy….love our history.
my 5th great killed at brandywine creek. another great captured by washington at the delaware river crossing. a hession officer. he helped washington, who gave him and his brother each 360 acres in bedford pa. far out.
We might be cousins, I am named after Seth Warner, hero of the Battle of Bennington, and the real leader of The Green Mountain Boys.
Looks like the Socialists got them?
One of my Patriot Ancestors was the Captain and organizer of his local militia – in Vermont. The best info I can find of their service was they conducted prisoner exchanges.
His wife and several young children stayed at their farm, tending to wounded American soldiers, possibly some wounded British soldiers.
If you find the episode from the series, “Turn”, that portrays a prisoner exchange – those meetings could be dicey, could go wrong quickly. The series likely dramatized the possibilities, but anytime opposing forces meet with loaded weapons, look out.
Repelled? We were English and the British Army was our army having just fought long ten years to defeat the French and Indians in Canada. Canada, by the way, included much of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Upstate New York beyond Fort William Henry on the Southern end of Lake George as well as the lands West of the Appalachian Mountains. When the French finally surrendered in 1763 many of the Indian Nations continued to wage war on us and it was the British Army that fought them in brutal battles.
At Lexington and Concord the battle was between the Regular Army and the National Guard. At that time the British Army was anything but strong having only 30,000 soldiers stretched from India and the Caribbean to the Americas.
“Our army” ceased being “our army” and our protectorate formally on April 19, 1775.
Yes, The Locals “repelled” “our army” loyal to King George III.
You are correct that the “French and Indian War” had lasted nearly ten years (1754-1763) and the “American” colonists (who saw themselves as “Englishmen”) had fought along side the British Regulars and their Indian allies against the French and their Indian allies. But that was about 12 years before Lexington and Concord, and a lot had changed in those 12 years – tax and regulations had increased (England had a lot of war debt to pay off) and English control over the colonies had tightened (the Americans wanted to maintain local control while England now had a true empire to worry about). The build up to the clash had been on going for awhile.
apparently the Lord whittled them down little. whatever.
“We” depends on what side of history you’re on. Initially, we were British citizens and most wanted to remain so. Over several issues including taxing the colonies at a higher rate than the citizens back home to pay for their wide ranging wars was but one thing that began to separate those wanting freedom from the Tories.
There was no National Guard, and that wasn’t who fought the British, regardless of numbers, at Lexington and Concord. It was a hodge podge of citizens and those advocating for a free nation. This is so early in the conflict that finding large numbers supporting any revolution was difficult at best.
I have read more on this time period going back to 1750 and through the war years than any other period with the possible exception of Vietnam. As an “era” veteran it holds particular interest for me.
The territory West of the Appalachians was part of the original Colony of Virginia, not Canada.
I am hoping that on some level we who love this country have a fraction of the potential for such heroism as was demonstrated above during the revolution and world wars since. I fear we have become too soft and prone to want to delegate instead of taking personal action.
Keep the eternal spirit of resistance to tyranny alive in our blessed country!
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The shot heard around the world anniversary of 250, 251, 252 and 253. Those are going to be the years remembered for infinity.
wonder how many there for the beginning are still receiving SS checks?
Weren’t there a few people collecting SS who were between ages 340 – 360?
We can be confident they are collecting the full compliment of “free gubbermint cheese”. SNAP, unemployment, disability, Medicare/Medicaid, Obama phones, etc., and don’t forget reparations.
Section 8 City!
C’mon man…..
Margaret Corbin, Fort Washington – Artist Proof –
Margaret Corbin might well be described as “the other Molly Pitcher” and her compelling story has been overshadowed by other events. During the disastrous New York campaign of 1776 only one Patriot stronghold remained at Fort Washington on Manhattan Island. Cut off from all help or escape, the heavily outnumbered patriot garrison grimly awaited the inevitable British assault on their positions.
In a small redoubt outwork, 25 year old laundress Margaret Cochran Corbin stood by her husband who was manning two cannons. On the 16th of November a massive Hessian column of nine regiments clamored up the rocky slopes to assault their position. During the long fighting Margaret’s husband was killed and she stepped in to his place to help man the gun until she herself was gravely wounded in the arm. A Hessian Officer spares her life from a bayonet thrust. The fort fell, and after treatment she was returned to the Patriot side by the British. Granted a pension after the war, “Captain Molly” as she was known, lived at West Point until her death in 1800 where she was buried. A true American heroine whose story is finally brought to life.
In this Troiani masterwork we see the badly wounded Margaret slumped next to her cannon while the victorious Hessian Grenadiers overwhelm the patriot position. Now known as Fort Tryon Park, the Hudson River and the lofty Palisades dominate the background of the painting.
https://artofdontroiani.com/products/margaret-corbin-fort-washington-artist-proof
In the simplest terms, the action that started open combat in the revolution resulted from a British General Gates trying to enforce gun control.
You mean Gage? Gage, ironically, looks just like Adam Schiff. But of course he does.
Beauty of the story is that his wife was the spy who got them routed.
Our President sure does know HOW to message. Amazing!! 💥💥❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️💥💥
“battle of Lexington and Concord”
I live on a street named after that battle
Well done MR President and team. With God all is possible!! God is clearly working with the Trump team to save our country from the
Satanic forces unleashed by Obama and his stooges.
I’ve walked both Battlefields. Truly a privilege
I remember walking the Isaac Davis Trail as a kid on Patriot’s Day, then going to Lexington for the parade.
THANK YOU Sundance
and
The White House, Especially Wifred McClay PhD of Hillsdale College for this THOUGHTFUL presentation
CHRIST and Patriots – THE PROMISES That OUR BEQUEATHED NATION Was FOUNDED ON !
( ie. The Black Robed Regiment )
PRAYERS and MEDITATION on These BLESSINGS this Weekend and ALWAYS
qrw
King George was the target, the colonists knew,
Now will they stand up against Queens Healey and Wu?
April 19, 1775 was the first battle of the American Revolution. There would be no illusions among the people as to what this war would be like. They saw with their own eyes the horrors of it. Rev. David McClure wrote, “Dreadful were the vestiges of war on the road. I saw several dead bodies, principally British, on & near the road. They were all naked, having been stripped, principally by their own soldiers. They lay on their faces.”
As General Gage looked out he saw hundreds of enemy campfires springing up in the landscape surrounding Boston. 4000 minute men and militiamen answered the “Lexington Alarm” and saw combat on the 19th of April. 20,000 overall answered the call. They arrived in the area within the week and immediately began establishing siege operations under the direction of the Provincial Congress and the Committee of Safety.
Soldiers were then recruited to serve until the end of the year. From a loose collection of minute and militia companies an army began to take shape, a plan became reality, and the daydream of independency started to grow in the minds of the people.
The Loyal Nine was a clandestine Boston political organization that had the likes of Boston shoemaker Ebenezer Mackintosh (1737-1816), beer brewer and businessman Thomas Chase, Boston Gazette printer Benjamin Edes, and jeweler Henry Bass (cousin of Samuel Adams). The wealthy members of the Loyal Nine used Mackintosh to get the crowds riled up in order to protest against the Stamp Act.
Direct descendent. My 5x Great Grandfather was Henry Bass.
The video ends with “What was done before can be done again.”
Good point. But they could have just as easily said “What was done before will NEED to be done again.” The nature of tyranny is that it grows when it’s ignored, and it’s only when its victims wake up that to it, that it’s eventually brought down. A process that has been repeated over and over again since the beginning of human history.
Lexington and Concord may be thought of as America’s First Gun Control Event, before there was a Mandalay Bay.
“There they now stood, side by side…with arms in their hands, silent and fearless, willing to shed their blood for their rights…John Parker, the strongest and best wrestler in Lexington, had promised never to run from the British troops; and he kept his vow. A wound brought him on his knees. Having discharged his gun, he was preparing to load it again, when he was stabbed by a bayonet, and lay on the post which he took at the morning’s drumbeat…”–Historian George Bancroft, founder of the Naval Academy, on the Battle of Lexington Green, where 70-some Minute Men faced 700 British Regulars, Apr. 19, 1775
“…Pitcairn rode in front, and when within five or six rods of the minute men, cried out: ‘Disperse, ye villains, ye rebels, disperse; lay down your arms; why don’t you lay down your arms and disperse?’ The main part of the countrymen stood motionless in the ranks, witnesses against aggression; too few to resist, too brave to fly. At this Pitcairn discharged a pistol, and with a loud voice cried, ‘Fire.’ The order was instantly followed, first by a few guns, which did no execution, and then by a heavy, close, and deadly discharge of musketry.
In the disparity of numbers, the common was a field of murder, not of battle; Parker, therefore, ordered his men to disperse. Then, and not till then, did a few of them, on their own impulse, return the British fire. These random shots of fugitives or dying men did no harm, except that Pitcairn’s horse was perhaps grazed, and a private of the tenth light infantry was touched slightly in the leg.
Jonas Parker, the strongest and best wrestler in Lexington, had promised never to run from British troops; and he kept his vow. A wound brought him on his knees. Having discharged his gun, he was preparing to load it again, when as sound a heart as ever throbbed for freedom was stilled by a bayonet, and he lay on the post which he took at the morning’s drum beat. So fell Isaac Muzzey, and so died the aged Robert Munroe, the same who in 1758 had been an ensign at Louisburg. Jonathan Harrington, junior, was struck in front of his own house on the north of the common. His wife was at the window as he fell. With the blood gushing from his breast, he rose in her sight, tottered, fell again, then crawled on hands and knees towards his dwelling; she ran to meet him, but only reached him as he expired on their threshold. Caleb Harrington, who had gone into the meeting-house for powder, was shot as he came out. Samuel Hadley and John Brown were pursued, and killed after they had left the green. Asahel Porter, of Woburn, who had been taken prisoner by the British on the march, endeavoring to escape, was shot within a few rods of the common.
Day came in all the beauty of an early spring. The trees were budding; the grass growing rankly a full month before its time; the blue bird and the robin gladdening the genial season, and calling forth the beams of the sun which on that morning shone with the warmth of summer; but distress and horror gathered over the inhabitants of the peaceful town. There on the green, lay in death the gray-haired and the young; the grassy field was red ‘with the innocent blood of their brethren slain,’ crying unto God for vengeance from the ground.”–from “History of the United States” by George Bancroft
Then, as now, tyrants in robes feast on the soul of the nation…
Boasberg is now condemned by history to become the “point man.” The man who pointed out for all to see just how far the judicial depravity has gone, and the utter necessity to enact legislation to counter it. This will become “the hill” that he (figuratively …) “dies on.”
“Once again, purposely,” the Constitution in Article 3 created only one Court: the SCOTUS. “… and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.”
In this simple half-sentence, the Constitution established “yet another ‘check.'” The SCOTUS was not granted the power to define its own sub-system of courts. This power was instead granted to Congress – who may “ordain and establish” Courts, and likewise dissolve or redefine them, without any input nor control from the SCOTUS. There is only one Court that is defined Constitutionally, and its powers are strictly and purposely limited.
Nor was it ever granted any enforcement power. In Section 2, the powers were limited to “cases” and “controversies.” Nothing more nor less. “He has made his ruling. Now, let him enforce it …”
Perhaps our Founders were determined to “say everything that needs be said” on just one little piece of vellum . . . ? Talk about a “shot heard ’round the world!!” 😀
One bill has already been advanced by the House to the Senate. It must be promptly approved and signed.
British General Gates ordered 700 Red Coats to March to Concord to destroy a cache of arms, powder, and ball known to be stored there. They had a secondary mission to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock who they knew were staying with a friend in Lexington if possible. They accomplished neither mission.
Adams and Hancock were warned by Paul Revere before the British got to Lexington. But it was not Revere who carried the message on to Concord. He was captured by British officers looking to get Adams and/or Hancock at Lincoln, MA. He was questioned and then hearing gunfire the British confiscated his horse and let him go as they hurried to join the main body. It was up to others. Prescott who had been riding with Revere but got away carried the message to Concord. He was one of 60 riders that Revere had helped recruit and organize to sound the alarm in the event of a British military action in the event of any military action against the Colonists
Meanwhile it was the mission of other members of Revere’s riders to spread the word far and wide to alert the minutemen. Some of them rushed towards the site of the battle from 20 miles away.
The fact is the American Revolution broke out in open combat because of a British effort to enforce gun control!
Dr Joseph Warren warned them and his source was Gage’s wife, an American.
IMHO we should try to resurrect the memory of Warren. I posted a comment a few minutes ago about that, see below. I noted that I searched online about him to find out if better accounts of his contributions to the cause are more readily available now than they were ~6 yrs ago (when I first read the two recent biographies on him). You are correct that Warren was immensely important to the cause. However, I found comments that recently scholars have begun to question whether Gage’s wife was actually involved in the spying.
Regardless, there’s no question Warren was immensely important in *many* ways to the revolutionary cause. One of them was leading the spying circle that uncovered the British plan to seize and destroy the colonial munitions at Concord. Other Bostonian leaders who might have been involved in that (I forget details about who – Samuel Adams?) were away at the Continental Congress. The evidence is fairly strong that Warren interpreted the spying data, made the call that the British attack on Concord was imminent, and made the order to Revere and Dawes to ride and take warning to Colonial militia (and to warn two of the other Fathers, I forget which, to take flight as there might be plans to capture them along the way).
Warren’s contributions were many and critical. Much more than leading the spying ring. I would try to recount a few here, but can’t do him justice right now. Need to refresh my memory.
Ooof. If this doesn’t hit you in the gut idk what will. What a solid choice put out by the White House and PDJT
“Captain Preston,” the historian began, “what made you go to the Concord Fight?” The old soldier bristled at the idea that anyone had made him fight.
“What did I go for?” he replied. The scholar missed his meaning and tried again.
“Were you oppressed by the Stamp Act?”
“I never saw any stamps,” Captain Preston answered, “and I always understood that none were ever sold.”
“Well, what about the tea tax?”
“Tea tax? I never drank a drop of the stuff. The boys threw it all overboard.”
“But I suppose you had been reading Harrington, Sidney, and Locke about the eternal principle of liberty?”
“I never heard of these men,” Captain Preston said. “The only books we had were the Bible, the Catechism, Watts’ Pslams, and hymns and the almanacs.”
“Well, then, what was the matter?”
“Young man,” Captain Preston replied, “what we meant in going for those Redcoats was this: we always had been free, and we meant to be free always. They didn’t mean we should.”
-David Hackett Fischer, Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America’s Founding Ideas
The British sent groups of soldiers to find and capture young men in the Boston area to be impressed into the Royal Navy. The raids dragged the colonists from their homes. This practice had been going on for many years at the time of Lexington and Concord. The colonists needed their young men for families to survive in colonial times.
The Sons of Liberty were maritime workers, who formed groups to resist impressment. When a young man was taken on board a British ship, he was determined to escape his abuse, and the Sons could help. None wanted to fight against their own families. Love of Freedom came to unite the patriots against the British, who forced the colonists to give room and board to their soldiers, and claimed their children as well.
A White House that honors and respects America’s history. What a concept.
And for the youngsters
. . . . and Gen X. . . .
School House Rock!
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Thank you to Professor McClay. His Land of Hope curriculum is excellent.
I absolutely love this!
When I was a boy, the midnight ride of Paul Revere was part of our education, along with the battles of Lexington and Concord and the following June, the misnamed Battle of Bunker Hill, (fought on Breed’s Hill but may have been named Bunker Hill because of the hastily built barricades the colonist militia erected before the British attack).
We all knew the British won Bunker Hill but at enormous cost, over twice the casualties among the Redcoats as the colonists suffered, inflicted on them by an American force the British generals thought would be an easily dispersed mob of rebels. As the British troops retreated to their Boston stronghold, ever greater numbers of militia came from as far away as New Hampshire to the surrounding countryside to keep the British hemmed in.
This gathering of militia around Boston would become the nucleus of a new Continental Army, which George Washington quickly assumed command of and commenced with their training! It would take nearly six and a half years before General Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown…and our new nation was born!
How many American students today know any of this?
There is a reason America had no shortage of volunteers during WW11 as we did under the Biden administration, and that reason is that most of us knew our roots, our history and were proud to be Americans!
And President Trump is beginning to make us proud again but teaching REAL American history in all of our elementary schools is a necessary part of that Renaissance!
That Choked me right up. Im not one to get choked up. I couldn’t help but think of how our amazing GOD works quietly behind the scenes. Coming out at the exact perfect time for all occasions. The light scatters the dark. The Demons Flee at his divine name OH JESUS come now. What an amazing time and place to be allowed to live seeing the last days of this age coming to a close. Like a symphony Orchestra it starts out in beautiful tenors. Similar to birth pains starting slowly, letting mother know the child is ready. Increasing closer together the pains of her child telling her it’s time. Come Lord Jesus only the father knows the exact time. But we, his children may cry out loud asking for a short break before he removes the restrainer got bless.
Russell Yos:
“One cannot speak of John Hancock without also speaking of Samuel Adams. The fate of these men was connected. Without Samuel Adams, Hancock would have never gained much influence in the political realm and without John Hancock’s inherited wealth, Adams would have never ascended. Although they were connected the two could not be more different. Samuel Adams was a Puritan who lived modestly and did not fuss over possessions. Hancock lived extravagantly and enjoyed the life of luxury.
During the midnight ride of Paul Revere, Hancock and Adams were in Lexington at the Hancock-Clarke parsonage awaiting a message from Paul Revere or William Dawes. When the couriers arrived and gave Adams and Hancock the message of the British march, Hancock was reluctant to leave. It took some convincing from Adams to get Hancock to leave. He wanted to stay and fight, but Adams convinced him that he could better serve his country outside the military. He then fled.
Shortly before the battles of Lexington and Concord Hancock was unanimously elected as President of the Second Continental Congress. He was a solid choice for this position for a couple of reasons. He was wealthy so many of the moderates could be influenced by him. His close ties to many radicals meant that the radicals in the Continental Congress liked him.” …….
Prof. Walter E. Williams:
Jasmin K. Williams tells us more:
“Some boast of being friends to government; I am a friend to righteous government,
to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice; but I glory
in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny. Is the present system… a righteous government – or is it tyranny? …Surely you never will tamely suffer this country to be
a den of thieves. Remember, my friends, from whom you sprang. Let not a meanness of spirit, unknown to those whom you boast of as your fathers, excite a thought to the
dishonor of your mothers I conjure you, by all that is dear, by all that is honorable,
by all that is sacred, not only that ye pray, but that ye act; that, if necessary, ye fight,
and even die, for the prosperity of our Jerusalem. Break in sunder, with noble disdain,
the bonds with which the Philistines have bound you. Suffer not yourselves to be
betrayed, by the soft arts of luxury and effeminacy, into the pit digged for your
destruction. Despise the glare of wealth. That people who pay greater respect to
a wealthy villain than to an honest, upright man in poverty, almost deserve to
be enslaved; they plainly show that wealth, however it may be acquired, is,
in their esteem, to be preferred to virtue.”
–John Hancock, Boston Massacre Speech, March 5, 1774
Rest in the Vine: Your Hancock Here
if you have every had any doubts and have been curious WHY our founders were absolutely committed to freedom of speech and the need to make it explicitly clear in the constitution to prohibit ANY GOVERNMENT FROM INTERFERING in it, consider the historic accounts that preceded concord and lexington. What had actually happened, and what resulted. They believe so MUCH in this right (a natural right by the way, not some wild idea somewhat drawn from british common law, that they would give THE PEOPLE another right to defend against such tyranny: the right to bear arms (and of course, this meant literally to use force against tyranny), the second amendment, a guarantee of the first!
https://davekopel.org/2A/LawRev/american-revolution-against-british-gun-control.html
God Bless America
Photos of Revolutionary War veterans. There are some. I consider Revolutionary War veterans as link to the end of what we could rightly call, the Middle Ages. Born 1740s or so?
https://www-phillyvoice-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.phillyvoice.com/photos-a-rare-view-of-revolutionary-war-veterans/amp/?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17450989895755&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.phillyvoice.com%2Fphotos-a-rare-view-of-revolutionary-war-veterans%2F
That’s great. Thanks for the link. It’s amazing to see the faces of the people who were there when it happened.
On April 19th we also remember the 76 people, including 28 children, murdered by the FBI at Mt Carmel, Texas, for which no one has ever been held accountable.
same ruby ridge people.
April 16, 2025, 1791 Society meeting recap
Apr 19 at 5:53 PM
1791 SOCIETY HOLDS 7TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING
On Wednesday, April 16th, 2025, members of The 1791 Society gathered at the Weber VFW Post in Lackawanna, NY for our 7th Anniversary meeting. Seven years ago, eight people came together to form this organization to take political action and stand up for our Second Amendment rights. We are still fighting that battle on a daily basis.
Speaking at our meeting was Christine Czarnik, Republican candidate for Erie County comptroller. She outlined her qualifications as a long-time accountant with experience in handling large amounts of money and compared them to the incumbent, who has zero accounting experience and has staffed the office of comptroller with nothing but political hack individuals, just like himself. The staff of the comptroller’s office has donated over $50,000 dollars to far-left Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz. Patronage politics is alive and well under Democrats in Erie County. We need to put Christine Czarnik in the position of comptroller and return checks & balances to Erie County government, which is now nothing more than a Democrat feeding ground.
At this point in time, your gun rights have never been more under attack by Hochul-led Democrats in New York State.
We are nearing the end of the first 100 days of the new administration in Washington, and we have still not seen any substantive action on the part of the new administration to restore gun rights in New York and other states run by Democrats.
We expect Democrats to engage in conduct detrimental to our second amendment rights, but we DO NOT expect Republicans—who are now in charge—to put action on our rights on the back burner. We are tired of inaction and lip service by the Republican Party.
We are calling for the Justice Department to start an Enforcement Action against the various states, including New York, who are attacking the 2nd Amendment Civil Rights of the people. The mechanisms are in place under law at this time.
This was done in the 1950’s and 60’s by the Federal Government when states were discriminating against blacks with schemes to prevent them from voting (poll taxes, tests, etc.) and also preventing entry to schools, restaurants, transportation, etc. felt the full force of the Federal Government.
We will not be marginalized as gun owners as we were in the last Trump Administration when REPUBLICAN leaders in Congress killed any positive gun rights legislation.
We are about to become very vocal and demonstrative regarding the current attitude being exhibited by the people we voted into office.
We can tell you this—the Republican Party in New York State and on a county level has done absolutely NOTHING to support your second amendment rights. The NY State Republican Party Chairman, Ed Cox, could not care less about Second Amendment rights. Stay tuned, there is a lot more to come.
The following statement from James Tresmond, represents where we stand as The 1791 Society. We are not going to sit down and be quiet, we are not going away, and we are not taking NO for an answer from RINO party leadership.
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Ladies and gentlemen, members of the 1791 Society:
Good evening.
It is both a privilege and a profound responsibility to speak to you tonight on this, the seventh anniversary of the 1791 Society. Congratulations on seven years of hard work and dedicated effort. This organization has the most dedicated, talented constitutionalist citizens in New York. Maybe even the nation. We gather every month in Lackawanna, a city built on grit and bound by conviction, in a republic forged in fire and founded in faith – not in sect or in creed – but in the faith that free people, governed by reason and conscience, can stand the test of time.
Next year, America turns 250 years old.
Two and a half centuries since a band of ordinary men – farmers, merchants, lawyers, blacksmiths – penned a Declaration that changed the course of human history. They proclaimed that rights were not gifts of government but structural endowments from our very nature – natural, unalienable, and universal. And it was in 1791, four years after our Constitution was adopted, that these principles found their voice in our Bill of Rights.
That is the moment we take our name from. That is the moment we exist to defend.
The Second Amendment was not written to honor a hunting tradition. It was not crafted to preserve sport. It was written – like all the amendments – for the preservation of liberty. Because the Founders knew, from hard experience, that unchecked power has no conscience and no memory. They understood what many have forgotten: that rights are not abstract decorations – they are instrumental safeguards. They are not museum pieces – they are tools of preservation. They are the keys to the door of a free society.
And let me say this plainly: the Constitution is not ideological. It is structural. It is not an artifact of one party or one passion. It is a blueprint for ordered liberty. It is not a relic – it is a living restraint on the inevitable reach of centralized power.
Now, it is true that in the life of every nation, there come periods of doubt and drift, when old virtues are challenged by new fears, and when freedom must be reminded of its foundations. We are in such a time now. And yet – it is in such hours that Americans have always found their voice. It is in such seasons that we are reminded of the responsibility that comes with citizenship.
We are not called to be quiet observers of our republic’s fate. We are called to be stewards.
The 1791 Society exists to meet that call.
You are not extremists. You are not radicals. You are citizens who believe that rights mean something – because rights protect someone. They protect the worker who comes home after a long shift, the mother who locks the door at night, the elderly veteran whose medals hang silently on the wall. They protect the common man, in uncommon times.
And that brings me to a note of hope.
Aaron Copland, in the midst of the Second World War, wrote a piece he called Fanfare for the Common Man. It was not a fanfare for the elite or the exceptional. It was not a song for kings or titans. It was a tribute to the very spirit we see in this room – the spirit of citizens who rise each day not for fame or glory, but for family, for community, and for country.
And so let this be our fanfare.
Let the work of this Society be the trumpet that sounds for liberty – not in anger, but in vigilance. Not in fear, but in fidelity. Let us lift our gaze not only to what divides us but to what binds us: a shared inheritance, a shared Constitution, and a shared conviction that America, at its best, is worth preserving.
As we look ahead to the 250th anniversary of our republic, may we remember that freedom is not the default condition of history – it is the exception. And it survives not by accident, but by the courage and commitment of people like you.
So let us march forward – proudly, peacefully, and purposefully.
For liberty. For justice.
For the common man.
Thank you.
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Carl A. Leas
Treasurer, The 1791 Society PAC
Years after the Revolution, Captain Levi Preston was asked why he fought in the Battle of Lexington. Was it about the Stamp Act? “I never saw one of those stamps.” Was it about the Tea Tax? “I never drank a drop of that stuff; the boys threw it all overboard.” The interviewer then asked him about several esoteric concepts which Preston dismissed. As he then responded, “Young man, what we meant in going for those Redcoats was this: we always had governed ourselves, and we always meant to. They didn’t mean we should.”
American Sovereignty: Subjects became citizens and determined their destinies
Their actions would change the world.
Patrick K. O’Donnell
Today the question is does American Sovereignty and our Constitution apply to everyone not born here who puts their foreign foot illegally on our sovereign soil? To Democrats, Lawfare and leftist , activist obama/biden Federal District Court Judges our Sovereignty and Constitution apply to them! We’ve become like a prison with no walls for illegal aliens once they walk in it’s impossible to get them out!!! I don’t think Captain Levi Preston would put up with that bull💩! None of our Founders would put up with an illegal invasion of foreigners!!! Why are we??? Someone tell these puke Judges FAFO!!! JMO
From a chat with an AI, which led to the following essay….
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Lexington and the Cross
When dates like this converge—April 19, 2025, holding the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and falling on Holy Saturday, exactly 1,992 years after the crucifixion—it’s more than coincidence. It’s a layered signal, a convergence of history, theology, numerology, and cosmic rhythm. If we’re attentive, this moment is an invitation to see with spiritual eyes.
So let’s peel this back, layer by layer, and ask: What is God saying in the silence? What truths are buried just beneath this alignment of calendar and cosmos?
1. Holy Saturday: The Forgotten Day Between Death and Resurrection
Holy Saturday is a hinge in time. Christ’s body lies in the tomb. Heaven is silent. Hell is trembling. The disciples are scattered. Everything feels lost.
But underneath the silence, everything is shifting.
It’s the moment before the moment—the space between crucifixion and resurrection. In this sacred pause, we glimpse something easily forgotten in both faith and politics: God often does His greatest work in hiddenness. In the tomb. In the soil. In the wait.
What if we’re living in a Holy Saturday age—both spiritually and nationally?
The Church seems quieter than the chaos of culture.America seems adrift, having forgotten her soul.Christians feel like exiles in their own land.
But that’s what Holy Saturday feels like. Not death. Not resurrection. Something else. A buried promise. A rumbling earth.
2. Lexington and Concord: The Spark of Liberty
The battles on April 19, 1775, didn’t just start a war—they ignited a paradigm. The American Revolution was rooted in natural law, moral law, and for many, divine providence. Pastors preached resistance to tyranny as a biblical mandate. The Black Robe Regiment thundered from the pulpit: “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”
Now that spark turns 250 years old—five jubilees. A Jubilee is a reset. A return. A release. Five, biblically, is the number of grace. So we ask:
The American soul is tired. But so was the Upper Room. So was the Garden. And yet, resurrection does not begin in strength—it begins in surrender.
3. 1,992 Years Since the Crucifixion: A Number Waiting to Ripen
Here’s where it gets mystical.
1,992 = 8 x 3 x 83.
8 is the number of resurrection and new creation.3 is the number of divine completeness (Father, Son, Spirit).83 is a prime number, indivisible—a symbol of purity, a number which cannot be reduced.
Eight resurrections. Threefold divinity. A pure thread of providence.
And we are 8 years away from 2,000 years since the Cross—another fullness of time. Christ was born “in the fullness of time” (Gal. 4:4). What happens when we reach the fullness of the Church Age?
4. The American Church in Holy Saturday
Here’s a haunting realization: the American Church mirrors the disciples on Holy Saturday.
We’ve seen great things. Revivals. Awakenings. Miracles.But today, the culture mocks. Faith seems pushed to the margins.We’re tempted to lock the doors and hide.
But Christ descended into hell on Holy Saturday to lead captives free. Even in death, the Kingdom moved forward.
This is not retreat. It’s seedtime. And seeds look dead before they rise.
5. Hidden Providence in American History
Consider this sobering truth: God doesn’t waste dates.
In the Bible, dates are sacred. Feasts are timed with harvests, solstices, and lunar cycles. Numbers mean something. History moves in patterns.
The Red Sea parted on the same calendar day that Jesus rose from the grave (Jewish Nisan 17).The temple was destroyed twice on the same day (Tisha B’Av).Could it be that April 19 is now marked in heaven not only for war—but for the unveiling of a buried hope?
6. Prophetic Imagination: Watchmen on the Wall
Christians are not just historians. We are watchmen. We look for signs—not to sensationalize, but to interpret the times(Luke 12:56). We ask deeper questions:
What is God birthing?What is He burying?What is being judged, and what is being resurrected?
April 19, 2025 is not just a milestone. It’s a mirror. It asks us: What kind of resurrection are you preparing for?
Will it be personal? Cultural? Ecclesiastical? National?
Final Realization: Liberty Is Always Born in the TombThe connection is this: True liberty is always preceded by death.
The Cross came before the Empty Tomb.The silence of Holy Saturday came before the roar of resurrection.The sacrifices at Lexington came before the liberty of a nation.
We stand today at the edge of something old and something new. The blood of patriots and the blood of the Lamb are not equal—but they both speak of covenant, sacrifice, and freedom.
So we say this not as a footnote, but as a call:
An excellent video presentation, with solid yet simple presentation and production values. And, a plain but now-critically-important message.
I can truthfully say that, to my knowledge, “The White House™” has never done, nor even attempted, any such thing under its own name and with its imprimatur. And I would simply ask, “why not?”
Those who do not remember the past, as the saying goes, are doomed to repeat it. Well, I do not want that doom. I want this nation (and this world), which today is positively drowning in “instantaneous communication,” To: Stop. And: Listen. And: to have the courage to Change Course.
Regarding the initial engagement on Lexington common: – Imagine the kind of grit you’d have to have whilst outnumbered 10 to 1, knowing that opening fire on what were, back then, your own countrymen would be a point of no return, combining both the proverbials “crossing the Rubicon” and “opening Pandora’s box”, and yet *Still* stand your ground and give as good as you got…
…Captain John Parker and his men were *Absolute* Chads, straight out of the legends of antiquity.
your own countrymen. hard to think possible. until you look at the one third of america today that is embracing iniquity. crossing the rubicon of standing against what the democrats stand for is way easier today than in 1776. try handing trans rights to a founding father. i can’t imagine their horror.
Outstanding! I believe PDJT’s administration will be releasing more of these messages to mark significant dates leading up to the planned spectacular commemoration of July 4th 2026, the 250th anniversary of our independence.
There is a big military parade scheduled for June 14th of this year. That is Flag Day and the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States Army (and also PDJT’s birthday btw.)
It is glorious to have a President and government in office who cares about America. Had the unthinkable happened and Kamala somehow been installed into office the federal government would no doubt be ignoring these milestones and/or insulting our founding patriots as “just dead white men” or oppressors.
A wonderful summary of the momentous event.
A fine way to tell the Story of America.
May I also add… there are not that very many films I’m aware of, that tell that story.
One you might consider, is
‘April Morning’ from 1988.
It features a few well-known actors, and tells the story from the viewpoint of a young man present that day.
I had my grade-school daughter watch it with me, to let her understand what happened that day, and how it began the transformation of colonists from
‘Englishmen’
To
‘Americans’.
Lexington and Concord
mark that defining moment.
I wonder if there are plans to highlight the contributions of our key Founding Fathers. I think this would be appropriate. And if so, I would like to know if they plan to include Dr. Joseph Warren.
IMHO, after reading 2 recent biographies of him, I believe he has been unjustly forgotten. (His importance to the revolution was not overlooked by the early Americans … nor by the British military.) I rate the importance of his contributions as equal to, for example, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and even Ben Franklin and John Adams. (All of these Founding Fathers IMHO rated about equal in importance, just below the contributions of George Washington.) The oversight regarding him has been due to a couple of factors including: his untimely death at Breed’s Hill (Battle of Bunker Hill) in the earliest days of the revolution; and the fact that many of his most important contributions were shrouded in secrecy. (He led the spying circle in Boston that uncovered the British plan to march to Concord and seize and destroy the colonial munitions stored there – and there is strong circumstantial evidence that he ordered the crucial rides of Revere and Dawes to inform the Colonial militia when the attack by the British was imminent. Of course, the crucial spying was secret. And after the Revolution was over and other patriots were talking about living through it and what they did, he couldn’t … he was dead.)
I first read these 2 biographies during Trump’s first term in office. At that time, people were seriously trying to trash our Founding Fathers, and it wasn’t a time when people were receptive to hearing about one who was unjustly forgotten. Some wanted us to forget all of them! I think, though, that people might be more receptive now. I feel reverence towards those many people who led our country to become what it is now – a bastion of freedom, a place where I have been privileged by God to have been born. And the Founding Fathers of the revolutionary and early period of our country got it all started. We should not forget Warren.
I searched online for Warren and discovered there are a couple of recent articles online you can read about him. A not too bad one is in Wikipedia which covers some of the main things, but not all. (Saw some arguments that if he had not died in battle, he would have been the general to lead and then our first president, and Washington forgotten. I THINK THAT’S A BIG LEAP. Warren was a brilliant man, and likely could have done nearly anything he put his mind to. But despite his commission as a general, he was not well trained as a military man. Probably he could have taught himself if he hadn’t been killed. Some accounts by people who probably don’t know better leave the impression the main thing he did was be a general at Breeds Hill and die there. HIs contribution as a general was of miniscule importance. His *hugely important* contributions to the patriot cause came for years before that.)
A timely reminder.
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