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From the Worcester Telegram (Read the article) April 19th, 2008 |
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Israel Bissell, is the 23-year
old, little known, post rider who carried the "call
to arms" alerting the colonists of the British attack on April 19,
1775. He rode day and night for four days, six hours and some minutes
covering 345 miles from
Watertown to
the City Hall in Philadelphia. Along the way he roused citizens in tiny hamlets, towns and cities shouting of the impending danger that started with the "shot heard round the world" for American independence. "To arms to arms, the war has begun" he warned. Sleeping little, eating sparingly, changing horses, he persevered and sounded the alarm. The exhausted and disheveled Bissell delivered the message which was to change the course of this country. The rest is history. His body lies in a tiny cemetery in Hinsdale, Ma., a few miles from his home site that is marked by a simple boulder where the memory of his heroic ride is carefully preserved. Text © by Dorothy W. Chapman
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Copyright © D. W. Roth 2008, All rights
reserved (Image is of the print of "Israel Bissell's Ride" from the Painting by D. W. Roth) |
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