The evening world., 1911-10-11
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No. 5-The First BLOW for Liberty.

IN STOUT. srizslehared man, mounted o n a big horse, Numbered
along the road from Boston to Concord, late o n al April night in
HAv 1915. Whenever he passed a sleeping village o a group OF
~ farm houses he would shout a single sentence and dash I.
And behind him, at every house where his voice was heard, slumber ut
once changed to eager, fierce activity.
For the message he carried spelled LIBERTY!
A throng OF grim, sternfaced men had CONF to America from England,
dom at home. They were known as "Puritans" They settled in New Eng.
land, a region a stern and uncompromising al themselves. There they
proceeded to make life unbearable for every n who did not think and act
as they did. aud to protest angrny against any effort on Enslands part to
regulate their action.
1t was only naturai. that among the New Englanders the fame of open
revolt revolt should should asto ars' forth against, M mother as x country ya, While tn, S,s other ns+ av
hsh'ins for heir rights In Boston here we're clashes be.ween the Soionl'ts
nssss ,a %" ", so, s%s' ,S :. ~ ss%."Ss Ia. wn: .%. 's !, ns sas,ar: s,G9 sSs g1 burned i'' o1p to
- cot colonies MET sG"uns ,d., to n% ss,s and ," to i pho. against aims, h Ems ne.
1 ,ss s s:s:t s' % %ss% and to s'i companies Of militia, called Minute
~ All these preparations we're now to the British. who
flame len Gage, who commended thu British forces. at bo.ton, learned nat NJ.
p pa %sI 's To- '1 on I'M p niS Tt p pf Arp IS a% h@s "G Se secretly "a, y vs~%1Fo out s a tra % of 500 500
as were the preparation for this march they came to the ears OF the Boston
Paul Revere. a goldsmith. chosen ,O bear The to Concord n to
rouse the Steering patriots along the road. Revere saiwped aneaao o. the to~
suddenly slowei In window. sleeping farmers sprnns u and seized their ms
everywhere the Minute Men locked in, uEarmen. ntdns@anncd, Sus fearless an
On marched the British, unopoo.eh, until at aa"n they reached the village Of
soeved Minute Zen barely seventy in an-were drawn up Against the 500 w%
s f"sa a npinse a sG san%os '' tut s' the s Ne" H G' Sanaers S& d anss s ground snS"u unal as |.
''S Sn., pnsi'9 y SG' s% "G 10 p fss%. s's so you homes.
The Minute Men stood arm At an order rom Pitcairn the British mi. a
When ne smoke lifted there were nearly twenty Minute lien lying dead o tn
on toward Concord There they opened fire o a second body Of "praamen %S
Their they set IRE TO the Comrt House, cot down the IA-
- ety pole and started back for Boston.
into a Trap nv fool an vail into n tran mr. ,r,, ,o,o., ,..
| And Out Of t. ,u, 4, ,auo. osa rr 10 c. .on, ,a. It. ~"
- eiher. An this M British o learned to their bitter
cost It had been easy enough to reach Concord. by brushing aside the feeble
For by this line the whole countryside IA up In rms
From behind every vail. hedge. tree and ro. the farmers fired IN the re
turning relcoats. At hwt the soldiers tried to fight back. but they might Is
well have tried to kill n lying wasp with an axe The Minute Men offered 10
solid front They hid whenever he British turned on them. hut the moment
M march began again the deadly flTnaIe from behind tence ant val va
poured into their ranks he soldiers tire Z 10 march in order. But soon their
march turned into a run m them ntop panic ght every maj for hrnslf,w lille
the patriots moved dow the scampefng redcoats by the dozen. Had not the
soldiers met a strong party Of enforcement they would probably have been
wiped out before they reached Boston.
As II was. IN gad news Of British defeat at the hands Of unframed AUnute
Men new from Maine to South Carolina. rouing every colony to fiery actlop
The ft blow had been struck The Revolution was On!