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The Arms of April 19, 1775 (Page 2)
At the battles of Lexington and Concord, American Patriots stood up to the might of the British Empire with the guns they had.
By NRA Staff (RSS)
June 29, 2010
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The momentous day was summed up well by Patriot Capt. Levi Preston, a participant, during an interview later in his life: “What we meant in going for those redcoats was this: We always had been free and we meant to be free always! They didn’t mean that we should.” The first engagement of the war was a remarkable triumph for the Patriots that would have been inconceivable had not every man been armed with his own gun.
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