07-04-2012, 07:34 AM
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Practice Squad
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Louisville, KY (NE native)
Posts: 201
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Re: Happy 4th of July
Yes, this (and watching History Channel's "Revolution" episode on the Battles of Lexington and Concord just now) has me feeling Patriotic this morning.
Let Philadelphia have its Eagles and its Liberty bell (and Miami and have its Heat and its...beach), not of it would be there if it weren't for the original handful of Boston Patriots who displayed iron b*lls when it mattered most and started us on the road to Independence.
Emerson, with a much better grasp for words than me, said it much better:
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.
So, yes, beyond all the justified American pride these stories and images inspire, it's also one more reason to forever cheer for our (football) Patriots: namely, we have a cool name that actually means something.
First Revolutionary Battle at Lexington & Concord — History.com Video
Happy 4th everyone.
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