Taylor Lewis writes from Virginia.

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  • Feb 25, 2022
    TJ Kattermann

    As of right now, Ukrainians seem determined to follow the Do-It-Yourself model of an earlier
    generation of Americans. Fingers crossed everything works out well.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord

    After Percy had left the city, Gage directed two ammunition wagons guarded by one officer and thirteen men to follow. This convoy was intercepted by a small party of older, veteran militiamen still on the “alarm list”, who could not join their militia companies because they were well over 60 years of age. These men rose up in ambush and demanded the surrender of the wagons, but the regulars ignored them and drove their horses on. The old men opened fire, shot the lead horses, killed two sergeants, and wounded the officer. The British survivors ran, and six of them threw their weapons into a pond before they surrendered.

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