“I had to pass through our militia, who were on a green behind the Meeting House, to the number as I supposed, about 50 or 60, I went through them; as I passed I heard the commanding officer speak to his men to this purpose; ”Let the troops pass by, and don’t molest them, without they begin first.”
Paul Revere on his recounting of Captain John Parker’s remarks on Lexingtons green in 1775 before the first shots were fired in the Revolutionary War.
“I had to pass through our militia, who were on a green behind the Meeting House, to the number as I supposed, about 50 or 60, I went through them; as I passed I heard the commanding officer speak to his men to this purpose; ”Let the troops pass by, and don’t molest them, without they begin first.”
Paul Revere on his recounting of Captain John Parker’s remarks on Lexingtons green in 1775 before the first shots were fired in the Revolutionary War.