Slog - Comments on 238th Anniversary

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:44:46 -0800

Con..gratulations?

Comment by laterite

laterite — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:46:53 -0800

Boston's traffic is still shit.

Comment by Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:55:19 -0800

Fascinating. And what did you do after that?

What were you wearing? Where did you stay?

Comment by emie d.

emie d. — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:01:15 -0800

that sounds like fun!

Comment by apres_moi

apres_moi — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:01:17 -0800

I'm sure McCain and his mother are old enough to remember the Boston Massacre taking place.

Comment by Peter F

Peter F — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:04:31 -0800

I miss Boston

Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale

Lloyd Clydesdale — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:09:10 -0800

I loved all that stuff growing up.

Henry Knox bringing the cannons through terrible weather from Fort Ticonderoga (from where the defeated Lobsterbacks had withdrawn to Canada in the very early stages of the Revolution), then George Washington hurriedly had them set up on Dorchester Heights -- overlooking Boston Harbor -- forcing the astonished British to evacuate forces, loyalists and fleet or face possible slaughter. I saw that one when I was a kid. March 17th. Evacuation Day. It's coming right up.

All that shit. Bunker Hill, Paul Revere. Lexington and Concord. Love that stuff.

Comment by K

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:33:18 -0800

Afterward, high on tea and cookies, I took the T across town.

And then you came back to Seattle and realized, "Holy Fuck, our transit sucks ass!"

(not that it's the only thing better about Boston that this post indicates -- cf. Dan's earlier bitch today about rusted signs passing for history.)

Comment by K

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:35:44 -0800

@7: Ah, for a world where no one could possibly confuse the town of Concord with a French supersonic plane.

Comment by Eric in Boulder

Eric in Boulder — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:35:59 -0800

@7: me, too. You can rent a canoe and paddle under "The rude bridge that arched the flood...where once the embattled farmers stood." Also, don't forget Old Ironsides.

Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale

Lloyd Clydesdale — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:53:11 -0800

Ah, I'm in good Revolution-era company!

Not a re-enactment, but the Granite Railway was the first chartered railroad in the country...

Comment by Mr. Joshua

Mr. Joshua — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:58:45 -0800

So the colonists thrown rocks and ice ("snowballs") and the soldiers return fire? This is just the sort of propaganda that will pop up in Iraq if we withdraw. It certainly mirrors what we see in Palestine, with children goading soldiers into making them martyrs.

Effin' American Terrorists.

Comment by Cookie W. Monster

Cookie W. Monster — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:31:34 -0800

Afterward, high on cocaine and Jack Daniels, I misled the country into war.

Comment by RHETT ORACLE

RHETT ORACLE — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:50:22 -0800

Was this the place and time that Crispus Attickus got shot? Yes - I could check it on Google or Wicky - but maybe one you history buffs will oblige with edifying enlightenment.

Comment by Josh Feit

Josh Feit — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:59:28 -0800

@14, yes.

Comment by RainMan

RainMan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:25:54 -0800

It always surprised me when I lived in Boston that there was no monument or easily visible marker at the site.

@14 and 15: Crispus Attucks, one of the first casualties of the American Revolution, was African-American. But you probably already knew that.

Comment by RHETT ORACLE

RHETT ORACLE — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:20:44 -0800

Here's a photo of the Boston Massacre tombstone...

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6110034