Remember when we were kids and "Johnny Tremain" was requried reading? Remember when quoting the founders was cool? Remember when the history of our battle against tyranny was more than just stories?
The film version had some great scenes and for historical purposes it was allowed it to be shown in classrooms. Below "The Sons of Liberty, from the Waly Disney movie ... Johnny Tremain.
What do the kids watch in classrooms today? Leader worship?
And this passage from David Hackett Fischer’s Paul Revere’s Ride , Fischer: “At last the officers began to feel the full import of what Paul Revere had been telling them. His words of warning took on stronger meaning when punctuated by gunfire. The sound of a single shot had suggested to them that surprise was lost. The crash of a volley appeared evidence that the country was rising against them. As they came closer to the Common they began to hear Lexington’s town bell clanging rapidly. The captive [Jonathan] Loring, picking up Revere’s spirit, turned to the officers and said, ‘The bell’s a’ringing! The town’s alarmed, and you’re all dead men!”
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