Last evening was the 250th anniversary of the “one if by land, two if by sea” lanterns in the Old North Church in Boston, an event imprinted in many of our minds by reading the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem “Paul Revere’s Ride.” This morning is the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
I commend to you Heather Cox Richardson’s post from late last evening detailing better than Longfellow the historical events of April 18th and 19th, 1775. It is a powerful piece perhaps best read with a copy of Googlemaps open to the Boston area for orientation. It helps to understand that the extent of present-day Boston is very different from the Boston of 1775:
I further recommend Robert Hubbell’s “No Kings Day, Part II” as a clear link of this 250th Anniversary of these events to the events of the last week.
We have a would-be king, a would-be dictator, pretending to represent us as President of our democratic republic as he and his administration challenge the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to subvert the fundamental Constitutional right to due process under law (see Hubbell’s post).
It is past time to pay attention, to turn out peacefully en masse with (or without) signs to demonstrate that this cannot stand. There are two gatherings today in Spokane. For details click here: “Local Opportunities to Protest this Saturday 4/19.” There is also a 50501 event in Coeur d’Alene noon to 2PM on the east side of US-95 near the corner of Appleway in front of Walgreens, staying on the US-95 side. The 50501 website is a bit balky this morning, but for events all over the nation it may be useful.
Keep to the high ground,
Jerry