Month: April 2025

On April 21, 1775, the people of Virginia were alerted that the royal governor, Lord Dunmore, had removed the gun powder stores from the public powder magazine in Williamsburg, VA during the night and moved it to a ship of the Royal Navy. 

Thanks to Patrick Henry’s speech to the Second Virginia Convention, militias in Virginia were being readied to defend America from Britain’s imminent attack. Patrick Henry lead his militia to Williamsburg to demand the return of the gunpowder. Militias around Virginia moved on Williamsburg in support of Henry, and they were eventually reimbursed for the cost of the stolen gunpowder.

Virginia would not have been ready for this emergency had Patrick Henry not made his “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” speech the month before. The question for each of us is, what are we doing to prepare for the upcoming local elections in our area? Have you organized a local Constitution Party affiliate? Have you recruited quality candidates who understand the purpose of government and are prepared to secure our inalienable rights? Do you have the groundwork laid for getting our candidates on the ballot and for getting the votes needed to elect them? Do you have a plan of action for when they get elected? Do you have a long-term plan for electing more and more local CP candidates?

We must be ready.

Learn more about THE GUN POWDER INCIDENT here.

April 19, 1775

British Lt. Col. Francis Smith with 700 troops began moving towards Concord, Massachusetts with orders to confiscate the colonist’s arms and powder stockpiled there. A detachment of the light infantry under Major John Pitcairn were met on the green in Lexington by Captain John Parker and around 80 Minutemen in parade formation. Shots were fired, several Minutemen were killed, and the British troops continued on towards Concord.

The powder and arms in Concord had been moved before the British troops arrived and they went back to Boston empty handed harassed the entire way by the many militias gathering to the cause. This engagement triggered all the militias in the area to turn out, and by the time the British troops made it back to Boston, there were nearly as many militia men surrounding Boston as there were British troops occupying the city.

The “Shot Heard Round the World” has been recognized as the final straw that launched the American Revolutionary War. Today, our government has become far more oppressive than the British government of that time. It is time for a new American Revolution while there is still a chance for it to be a bloodless revolution.

What issue is the hill that you would be willing to die on? 

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.

The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.

On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We set today a votive stone.
That memory may their deed redeem,
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.

Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.

Visit the Concord Museum April 19th exhibit online