 | John Weiss - 1864 - 514 σελίδες
...men as the British were nearing, he ordered " every man to load " his piece with powder and ball. " Don't fire unless fired upon; but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here!" I think these significant words ought to be preserved. They were kept as the family tradition of the... | |
 | John Weiss - 1864 - 534 σελίδες
...men as the British were nearing, he ordered " every man to load " his piece with powder and ball. " Don't fire unless fired upon ; but if they mean to have a war, let it Ityin here!'' 1 think these significant words ought to be preserved. They were kept as the family tradition... | |
 | John Weiss - 1864 - 522 σελίδες
...men as the British were nearing, he ordered " every man to load " his piece with powder and ball. " Don't fire unless fired upon ; but if they mean to have a war, letitbegin here!" I think these significant words ought to be preserved. They were kept aa the family... | |
 | 1868 - 416 σελίδες
...John Parker, who commanded the militia on that famous day, and who said to the embattled farmers, " Don't fire unless fired upon. But if they mean to have a war, let it begin bete." Theodore passed many hours in the old belfry shop, fancying perhaps he heard the echoes of the... | |
 | William Willder Wheildon - 1885 - 44 σελίδες
...rung, cannons fired, etc. 1. Granite Boulder on the Common : "Line of the Minute-men, April 19, 1775. Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon; but if they mean to have war, let it begin here. — Capt. Parker" 2. Parker Monument in the Grave-yard : " To the memory of... | |
 | Perkins School for the Blind - 1890 - 1016 σελίδες
...where the minute-men assembled. This is what their captain said to them: " Stand your ground. Do not fire unless fired upon, but, if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." Next, we passed the well by the roadside where James Hayward met a British soldier, who, raising his... | |
 | Lexington Historical Society (Mass.) - 1891 - 86 σελίδες
...the direction of the line. Underneath are inscribed the words used by Captain Parker to his men : " Stand your ground ; don't fire unless fired upon ;...they mean to have a war, let it begin here." This command is found in a letter of Rev. Theodore Parker, Capt. Parker's grandson (See p. J5), to George... | |
 | Worcester Historical Society, Worcester, Mass - 1891 - 646 σελίδες
...addressed on that spot by Captain John Parker to his men, while waiting the approach of the enemy: "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon....But if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." At the opposite side of this end of the Common stands the monument erected to the memory of those who... | |
 | Perkins School for the Blind - 1892 - 1028 σελίδες
...where the minute-men assembled. This in what their captain said to them : " Stand your ground. Do not fire unless fired upon, but, if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." Next, we passed the well by the roadside where James Hayward met a British soldier, who, raising his... | |
 | Edward Augustus Horton - 1893 - 144 σελίδες
...Lexington, in 1775. This was the order which he gave as the nine hundred British soldiers drew near : " Don't fire unless fired upon ; but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." It did begin there, and Captain Parker took from a grenadier of the forty-third regiment the first... | |
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Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war let it begin here, 
