Four months before Lexington and Concord, several hundred New Englanders stormed a British fort and carried off the King’s gunpowder. ❄️
On December 13, 1774, Paul Revere rode north to Portsmouth, New Hampshire carrying word that the Crown had banned the export of arms and powder to the colonies and that British troops were expected to come secure the province’s munitions. Fort William and Mary sat on the island of New Castle at the mouth of the Piscataqua River. It was the only permanently manned military post in New Hampshire and the colony’s main powder magazine, and it was defended by a captain and five men.
On December 14 a crowd of several hundred led by John Langdon overwhelmed the garrison, hauled down the King’s colors, and took roughly a hundred barrels of gunpowder. The next day John Sullivan came back with more men and carried off cannon and small arms. Some of those guns turned up later at Bunker Hill. Nobody was killed, which is very likely the only reason this is not the date every schoolchild learns instead of April 19.
The site is Fort Constitution today, on the Coast Guard station grounds in New Castle, and the walls you can walk up to there are largely from a later rebuilding. No photograph or contemporary image of the December 1774 raid exists, since it happened decades before photography, so the scene here is a best guess reconstruction built from the real geography of the harbor and period accurate detail rather than a copy of any surviving picture.
Had you ever heard about the raid on Fort William and Mary, or is this the first time it has come across your feed?
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🚨 UPDATE: PA Legislation on Suppressors & SBSs
Rep. Rob Kauffman has introduced critical legislation to protect Pennsylvanians from state-level prosecution when purchasing suppressors or SBSs following recent NFA updates.
@GunOwners is proud to help draft and fully support this bill to defend our 2A rights in Pennsylvania. @PAHouseGOP@PaHouseDems
Read the full report from @WTAJnews 👇
https://t.co/9L1llTBx5Z
🚨BREAKING🚨
Ag Commissioner Andy Gibson formally requests an Attorney General Opinion from Lynn Fitch on Mississippi's suppressor law.
He requests an opinion on GOA's injunction & whether, under MS law, a transfer on a 4473 is considered "duly authorized under federal law."
Hey folks. Did you know anti-gun groups run fundraisers on YouTube? Let’s use this tool against those that hate our rights!
I have started my first YouTube Fundraiser Campaign and it will appear in the lower-right corner as my videos play.
This month we will be raising funds for @2AFDN to back the work they do in the courts! They have several MAJOR victories and currently have over 50 cases in the courts.
Not all 2A Groups have registered for this on YouTube yet, but my goal is to get them all on there and use these tools in our favor.
34 years ago today, federal agents used the NFA as an excuse to target Randy Weaver. Those agents killed his wife, his son, and his dog with no consequence.
Every year, we remember what happened on August 21, 1992, at Ruby Ridge.
We remember. We fight on.