While I was in Boston, we made a day trip to Concord and Lexington, MA -- appropriate places to visit at this time of year. Lexington is the site of the North Bridge where the American Revolution began -- with "the shot that was heard around the world."
It is also the territory where Paul Revere made his famous ride -- galloping from Boston to Concord to alert the colonists that the British Army was on the move. The legend has it that he cried "the British are coming, the British are coming!", but at that time everyone there was British (there was no America yet), so the army was referred to as "the regulars" vs. the colonists.
I think about Paul and his compadres having to ride at midnight over trails and unlit roads to spread an important message. Today the same word could be spread almost instantaneously with no travel involved.
What message would you be willing to ride at midnight in order to spread it? Do you have any words to say that carry the urgency and importance to spread in person vs. electronically? Today as you are taking in the fireworks and enjoying the freedoms that those at Lexington fought for, appreciate your right to free speech -- whether you exercise it over the airwaves or by horseback.
Happy Fourth!
-- beth triplett
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