.@NHLFlyers players wearing “Believe” shirts under their jerseys with a @bernieparent mask and 3.8% on their sleeves.That’s the percentage chance they had to make the playoffs at the Olympic break.
On the morning of April 19, 1775, British troops entered Lexington, Massachusetts where they were confronted by 77 members of the colonial militia. The 700 British soldiers were en route to Concord with orders to seize weapons, ammunition, and gunpowder.
After an initial skirmish at Lexington, the British moved to Concord where they were met with additional rebel forces and were forced to retreat under fire to Boston.
Today is a good day to remember those who stood up to the most powerful military on earth and pledged their “Lives, Fortunes, and sacred Honor” to the cause of freedom.
“Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.” - Attributed to Captain John Parker, a veteran of the French and Indian War and Captain of the Colonial Militia.
No one knows who fired the first shot of the American Revolution. The man who fired the “shot heard around the world” remains a mystery.