Subj : re: the American Traditio
To   : Kaelon
From : Moondog
Date : Mon May 02 2022 12:11 am

  Re: re: the American Traditio
  By: Kaelon to Moondog on Sun May 01 2022 03:14 pm

 >   Re: re: the American Traditio
 >   By: Moondog to Kaelon on Sat Apr 30 2022 02:04 pm
 > 
 >  > April 19th marked the date of the beginning of the US Revolution, the bat
 >  > of Lexington and Concord.  The objective of the British landing force was
 >  > to sieze the powder magazine in Conchord.  That was a decisive moment sin
 >  > the Redcoats couldn't bring the volume of powder that matched what was at
 >  > the armory.  One of the volunteer's only job that night was stay at the
 >  > magazine and burn it down if it looked like the Redcoats could capture it
 > 
 > This is wonderful.  Thanks for sharing this!  Although I live on the South S
 > iated the start of the American Revolutionary War until I moved up here two 
 > 
 > For the Ukrainians, arming its entire population has been a critical moment 
 > ng of global freedom everywhere.
 > _____
 > -=: Kaelon :=-
 > 
Check out Project Appleseed when you have a chance.  It's a two day
marksmanship course tied in with history lessons specifically from the battle
of Lexington and Conchord.  If you never shot a rifle, they bring spares and y
ou are the best candidate for training, and if you have shot, it's still good
training.  You'll learn to shoot with a rifle sling while standing, kneeling,
and prone at 25 yards, and later stages include shooting at smaller scaled
targets to simulate shooting at longer distances.  One cool target is a
Morgan's Shingle, which is the size of a postage stamp to recreate the size
of a head at 250 yards when hung at 25 yards.  Captain Daniel Morgan was
given command of two rifle companies supporting General Washington, and a
pre-requisite to join was one chance to hit a wooden roofing shingle the size
of an officer's head.

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