On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive

Next Monday is Patriot's day in Massachusetts and Maine. Usually we have a marathon to mark the day and the Red Sox play morning baseball. It celebrates the beginning of the American Revolution. Longfellow wrote a poem to commemorate it. Here is my humble rendition:

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Oh yeah? Sucks about Brady but at least you still have Trillium and Matt Damon. I met him once. Good egg that dude.

A phrase you’ve heard

You’ve heard of The Shot Heard Around the World, but do you know where it comes from: The Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson https://voca.ro/c9saNpsFlc0