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I just read an account of Lexington & Concord

and was impressed by their communication system: "Alarm and Muster"

"'Alarm and Muster' was an improved version of an old network of widespread notification and fast deployment of local militia forces in times of emergency. In addition to express riders delivering their message, bells, drums, alarm guns, bonfires and a trumpet were used for rapid communication from town to town, notifying the rebels in dozens of eastern Massachusetts villages that they should muster their militias because the regulars (British infantry) in numbers greater than 500 were leaving Boston, with possible hostile intentions. This system was so effective that people in towns 25 miles from Boston were aware of the army's movements while they were still unloading boats in Cambridge. These early warnings played a crucial role in assembling a sufficient number of colonial militia to inflict heavy damage on the British regulars later in the day."

Perhaps that is one advantage of our internet community today, while it may be some time before regular militias are formed in response to a NWO military

BTW Washington is reported to have said about Lexington '…the once-happy and peaceful plains of America are either to be drenched in blood or inhabited by slaves. Sad alternative! But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice?"

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