by April 19th marks the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord. General Gage’s attempt to seize and destroy the weapons and munitions of the militias was the spark that that sent the 13 colonies on their way to becoming the original 13 states of the United States of America.
In the video below which was produced by the White House in collaboration with Hillsdale College as part of their The Story of America series examines the battles in detail. The video features Wilfred McClay who holds the Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale.
Sadly, both the current government of Massachusetts and the judges of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals have failed to comprehend the lessons of Lexington and Concord. The 1st Circuit just upheld a challenge to the Massachusetts AWB finding that these weapons were “dangerous and unusual” and thus regulation comported with the Bruen decision. Frankly, it was a perversion of history but it fits their blindered narrative. That this egregious decision was released a mere two days before the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord cannot have been just an accident of timing.
An interesting side note is that the author of the decision, Judge Gary Katzmann, had served as a law clerk to Justice Stephen Breyer when Breyer was a judge on the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
The American Battlefield Trust has also produced a very good video on the battles that features reenactments of segments of the battles. It is worth a look as well.
