tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3704489347632852287..comments2024-03-21T21:53:01.837-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: A Lincoln Lecture and Some LinksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-68501934471651449012014-04-22T15:54:10.549-05:002014-04-22T15:54:10.549-05:00That's one of the points I was hoping to make ...That's one of the points I was hoping to make with that essay, that putting so much focus on Paul Revere because he left us great sources and a great story obscures the backup systems (in fact, Revere himself was a backup) and the many other people acting independently of him. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-70916313945680109872014-04-22T13:32:22.626-05:002014-04-22T13:32:22.626-05:00I read the Revere piece, but it kinda strikes me l...I read the Revere piece, but it kinda strikes me like the old SNL skit's query "What if Eleanor Roosevelt could Fly?" Yeah, what if? As Fischer makes clear it was the long months and years of organizing and planning that were the significant and effective act, not one ride. <br /><br />While personalizing the events of that night make them more engaging, shouldn't we see the rebels as far too shrewd to let their hopes of success, or even the general shape of events, ride on the back of one horse?G. Lovelynoreply@blogger.com