Patriots Day -- No Kings!

The Battles of Lexington and Concord, as well as the Stand of Samuel Whittlemore, took place on this day, 250 years ago.

I've written a number of posts about this day over the years of this blog. You can read them by clicking on the tag at the bottom of this one. And I thought that I'd write a humdinger for this one. I'm a child of Middlesex County. As a scout, I marched twice in the Lexington parade.

But no.

It strikes me as somewhat ironic that the very same people who blathered on that having universal health insurance was tyranny are now falling into place behind a demented old man who wants to be a dictator. The very same people, mind you, who say that they "back the blue", but were eager to kill cops over a bunch of cows in Idaho and who actually did kill cops on 1/6/21.

Do I think that the men who assembled on the Town Green at Lexington, who were at the North Bridge in Concord and who harassed the Lobsterbacks all the way back to the Charles River would be horrified that the very people who claim to be their spiritual descendants are supporting a wannabee tyrant? You bet your ass I do. They are betraying the sacrifices of everyone who fought at Lexington, Concord, Groton Heights, Yorktown and every battle and skirmish between the first two listed and the last two.

So, no. There's not much to celebrate when so many Americans are willing to throw away their libery and freedom that was purchased at the cost of so much blood, treasure and lives, only if they see somebody suffer more than they may.