 | 1868 - 416 halaman
...chains, and Anthony Burns on mock trial for his liberty, if not in just so many words, still in effect, "Don't fire, unless fired upon, but if they mean to have war, let it begin here," saying, " Amen !" when John Brown at Harper's Ferry began the second revolution as his own grand-father... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society - 1875 - 196 halaman
...across the two latter streets. On the large American and central flag was inscribed, on one side, " Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have war, let it begin here, — Capt. Parker ;" the reverse bearing the words, " Too few to resist, too brave to fly." There were... | |
 | Lexington (Mass.) - 1875 - 198 halaman
...streets. Some of these flags bore appropriate inscriptions. The following were especially prominent : " Don't fire unless fired upon ; but, if they mean to have war, let it begin here. — Capt. Parker" " Too few to resist, too brave to fly." Near the flag-staff, on the left, a small... | |
 | William Willder Wheildon - 1885 - 44 halaman
...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 Capt. John Parker, born... | |
 | Lexington Historical Society (Mass.) - 1891 - 86 halaman
...face and points 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 ; but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." This command is found in a letter of Rev. Theodore Parker, Capt. Parker's... | |
 | Worcester Historical Society, Worcester, Mass - 1891 - 646 halaman
...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... | |
 | Elbridge Streeter Brooks - 1897 - 268 halaman
...powder-horn." Then Marian read from the carved boulder Captain Parker's words to the minute-men : " ' Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon ; but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.' " " Here, then, they stood," continued Uncle Tom, "seventy Lexington farmers,... | |
 | Edwin Monroe Bacon - 1898 - 440 halaman
...inscription, decorated with musket and powderhorn, reading : — Line of the Minute Men April 19, 1775. " Stand your ground Don't fire unless fired upon But if they mean to have a war Let it begin here." Captain Parker. The fowling-piece which Captain Parker carried on that day... | |
 | American Unitarian Association - 1901 - 606 halaman
...freedom and for the freedom of the colored. And I truly think this Rutli is Lexington and Boston. " Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon ; but, if they mean to have a war, let it begin here ! " That I am favored to see this holy spot, to see beloved Boston, to see... | |
 | William Elliot Griffis - 1898 - 324 halaman
...Lexington. Captain Parker, their leader, addressed them as freemen standing for right and law, saying, " Men, stand your ground; don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean war, let it begin here." Major Pitcairn, coming up the road with his redcoats, called the townsmen... | |
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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, 
