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MADem

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2. You remember Watertown? The place where the good citizens were "tools" for allowing the

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Mon Jul 1, 2013, 12:09 AM

Jul 2013

cops to look for the Boston bomber, and were mocked on this very board for helping the police in their search for the guy.

Ya gotta consider the source around here, I fear.

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History note: Paul Revere didn't warn anybody of anything. He was arrested [View all] Recursion Jul 2013 OP

Uh... No. MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #1

Well, he would have warned people in Cambridge (then New Town) and Watertown Recursion Jul 2013 #3

Uh... No. MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #4

Yeah. There's a little plaque where it happened Recursion Jul 2013 #5

Then he was captured out by Lexington/Concord, not Watertown MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #6

Huh, Lincoln? OK, so he would have also warned about half of Middlesex. Correcting OP. Recursion Jul 2013 #7

There's no good Armenian grub in Weston. Remember that. MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #8

My larger point was that Longfellow idolized one out of dozens of people Recursion Jul 2013 #9

Do yourself a favor - read the book I recommended MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #10

Will do; I find Revere and the Adamses fascinating Recursion Jul 2013 #12

Let me know if you come up Boston way MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #14

You remember Watertown? The place where the good citizens were "tools" for allowing the MADem Jul 2013 #2

Next someone is going to tell me George Washington was not the first President. William769 Jul 2013 #11

Methinks you miss the point. n/t cali Jul 2013 #13