Talk:April Morning

message: I'd forgot how bad this novel and its worse film version are. 
1) the minutemen and militia did not use long-ranged flintlock rifles at Lexington, Concord, the Battle Road or even at Bunker Hill. There were none around. They weren't part of New England hunting or fighting tradition. They used instead cheap, quick to load, short-ranged smoothbore flintlock muskets. And they fired at the British usually from extreme range, meaning they hit very few Redcoats. They did hit enough of them, but it nonetheless took about 20,000 rounds shot that day to kill and wound 273 of them.
2) the depiction of the scene on Lexington Common (not called the more romantic "Lexington Green" until around the Centennial of 1875) is laughable. The militiamen (not minute men - Lexington never formed an elite company of Minutemen) did not get drunk in the tavern, and John Parker, not Jonas Parker, was the commander of the militia there. He did not say to his men "stand your ground, if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." He actually said, "Let the regulars pass by, don't molest them, prepare to disperse to go home." And then somebody fired a gun.... Oh, and John Parker survived the fight, unwounded. Few militiamen on Lexington Common managed to load and fire back at the King's troops- most got shot down like dogs.
95thfoot May 31, 2007 (UTC)
"Genre(s) - Historical fiction, young adult" 204.210.81.76 00:37, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Uh, not really. That's plagiarism. I don't know if you got busted, but you should have. Daniel Case 03:31, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

text: You know, I think this is BJAODN material. Daniel Case 03:31, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

message: My father participated in the making of the film, as he was involved with the 10th Regiment of Foot reenactment group, in Concord, Massachusetts.  I remember him telling me stories about the filming of the movie and showing me pictures of him relaxing with his friends.  I was curious if it might be appropriate to ask him for some more information that could be added to this article.  Although it probably goes against Wikipedia's policies (no first-hand research I think), I'm rather proud and excited about this fact and would be overjoyed to contribute any information I can.  --InvaderJim42 19:35, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Film Version 

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