http://wordsman.org/2010/03/01/brevitywit-entry-14/ Defending your brain from the scum of the Internet Tue, 22 May 2012 02:53:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://wordsman.org/2010/03/01/brevitywit-entry-14/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Gramma F Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:45:51 +0000 http://wordsman.org/?p=1318#comment-140 Re the Regulars - you were right on, there! Re the Regulars – you were right on, there!

]]> http://wordsman.org/2010/03/01/brevitywit-entry-14/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Gramma F Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:44:29 +0000 http://wordsman.org/?p=1318#comment-139 He never did make it to Concord - the British Regulars stopped him in Lincoln, let him go, but took his horse, and he walked back to Lexington. Dr. Samuel Prescott, who had been out visiting his girlfriend when he joined Revere, jumped a stone wall (we have lots) and on to Concord - and did not say "The British are coming." He hollered, "The regulars are out!" He never did make it to Concord – the British Regulars stopped him in Lincoln, let him go, but took his horse, and he walked back to Lexington. Dr. Samuel Prescott, who had been out visiting his girlfriend when he joined Revere, jumped a stone wall (we have lots) and on to Concord – and did not say “The British are coming.” He hollered, “The regulars are out!”

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