Modern Day Redcoats
Remember, as a former slave and American patriot, Frederick Douglass once said, “A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, jury box, and the cartridge box.”
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I remember America’s 200th birthday in 1976 when I was just a 15-year-old kid growing up in Atlanta. It was a moment of pride, and as I prepare for the 250th, it is a time of even greater pride. However, before we get to July 4, 1776, American Independence Day, just so you know, the Republican Party of Texas was founded by 150 Black men on American Independence Day, 1867. It was just two years after they had found out that they were free, June 19, 1865.
But, there is an even more important 250th anniversary that is approaching within two months. It is the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, where our American Revolution began. As part of my growth as an American Patriot, I will be in Lexington on Saturday, 19 April to be a part of the remembrance. I am especially looking forward to running the 111th Annual Lexington Five Miler which is part of the celebration of “the shot fired heard ’round the world.” Imagine that, the kid born in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, in a segregated, Blacks-only hospital, will be running a five-mile race on the day 250 years ago, almost to the exact time, when men stood against the greatest military power the world knew at that time.
Wow, didn't realize 250 yrs.
Thank you.
Yes, I remember the 200th Celebration quite well, despite the political messes at that time. That was the year Carter was elected also. 😪