This painting depicts the forces of British Major General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805) (who was not himself present at the surrender), surrendering to French and American forces after the Siege of Yorktown (September 28 – October 19, 1781) during the American Revolutionary War. The United States government commissioned Trumbull to paint patriotic paintings, including this piece, for them in 1817, paying for the piece in 1820. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Date: April 19, 2013
Subject: Armed Minutemen Confront British Troops At Lexington.
Political Opinion by John Liming
Eight Americans died – - – 10 others were wounded – - – one British soldier was wounded as gunfire erupted on a common area at Lexington, Mass., on this day – - – April 19 – - – in the Year of Our Lord, 1776 – - – and the American Revolutionary War was underway.
The battle was brief and came about as a result of ever-increasing tensions between the fledgling American Colonies and their British masters – - – and, in a development that may come as a surprise to many people – - – there wasn’t a single Republican present anywhere during the skirmish and there would be none anywhere near the Revolutionary War.
In fact, in those days America was getting along quite nicely without the lies and political tensions often endured because of the Radical Right in our own day and time.
The first “Republican” would not enter the political stage in America until just a few years before the beginning of The American Civil War.
Strangely enough – - – but maybe to be expected – - – England had ordered its resident big wig General in Chief – - – Thomas Gage – - – to seize all the guns and gunpowder from the upstart American insurgency in 1775 – - – but apparently they weren’t able to seize enough of them.
I think it would be the same today if for some reason, there might be some kind of government attempt to seize all the guns like some of the Radical Rightie paranoids seem to think may happen someday.
Imagine the horrific logistics of trying to visit each home in this great country with the purpose of gun collection – - – I think it would be a logistical nightmare because there are more than 300 million people in The United States and there are reported to be more than 200 million privately owned guns. I think such a task would be virtually impossible to achieve and that is the reason I think many of the gun-tards are off their paranoid rockers when they predict even the remotest possibility of such an incursion.
The American Revolutionary War lasted for something like 7 years – - – and like I said, it all began on this date in History – - April 19, 1776 – - - and there wasn’t a single Republican to be found anywhere.
Posted by John at 4:36 am
