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Show THE MINUTE MEN MYTH I M Wn have nil been taught In our JH school histories that tho mlnuto mui iH of Lexington nnd Concord performed H prodigies of valor. Kmotlountly o M nro convinced that nil nn American H citizen ueods do Is to take down his H gun nnd shoot tho presumptuous In- H Nader of our shores. M Let us examine the historical truth ' H that underlies thta myth. What, us 'H a matter of fact, we e the mlnuto M men of tho Revolution? They wero H citizens nt largo whom the Provincial H congresses nnd tho Committees of ', :M Snfoty of -1774 Instructed to kcop ? H tliclr powder horns tilled nnd hold j B thcmsolvca In readiness to shoot , M ...v.o.ic.t. i hi'.- nad had no mill- H tnrv drill nnd no prnctico except In ' 'M shooting Indians and small gamo. H Thoy wont down to defeat after do- H feat, thoy woro chronically under i H supplied with ammunition, thoy wore t, H hnrdly more than nn armed rnbhlo, I M until men llko LnfaVetto and DoKalb H took them In hand nnd until untold , H nnd unnecessary hardships turned H I thorn Into seasoned troops. They H jrniuo well within tho modern dcllnl; H I tlon of snipers and frnnctlrcurs. A 'H modern army of Invasion would glvo H short shrift to such roadside nma- H tours. Tho Now Republic. H |