article by Don Cooley, AKA dbciii Grumpy Old Man @frogcycle on Twitter

"Don't fire unless fired upon, but

if they mean to have a war, let it begin here."

Captain John Parker, Lexington Green, April 18, 1775

Our forefathers did not want war but
they refused to be subjugated by an autocrat

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"I know not what course others may take;
but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

- Patrick Henry

They were willing to die for it
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"I only regret that I have but
one life to lose for my country."

 - Nathan Hale's last words before he
was hanged for spying on British troops.

He was willing to die for the
cause of liberty from a despot
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Many died fighting for what was to become the Great Experiment