"April Morning" (1988) - Excellent Battle of Lexington 1775 TV Movie

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On the morning of April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began with the "shot heard 'round the world".
An excellent portrayal of the event that sparked the American Revolution from an idea to a shooting war - a 1988 adaptation of the classic novel by Howard Feast which takes place at the dawn of the America ideals for Liberty. Superstitious teenager Adam Cooper (Chad Lowe) struggles to gain the approval of his intellectual and devout Christian father, Moses (Tommy Lee Jones). When a lone rider warns the locals of approaching British troops, Adam surprises his father by joining the local militia. But Adam will have to come of age rapidly amid violence and death to survive the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
First aired on April 24, 1988.
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@raccoonlittlebear6476 Жыл бұрын

"When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson

@jayizzett Жыл бұрын

Lot of tyranny

@ralphjenkinson3289 Жыл бұрын

In this country the people are the government it seems they fear themselves

@cacatr4495 Жыл бұрын

@@ralphjenkinson3289 Your comments here strongly suggest that professional trolls are being sent to this movie's comment page (Why aren't we surprized?!), to provoke, accuse and agitate the people. Your various comments show that you are here to contend with commenters, to challenge them and to put them on the defensive. Okay then; we can ignore you.

@gmonynegro595 Жыл бұрын

@@cacatr4495 How do we know you are not a leftist troll?

@cacatr4495 Жыл бұрын

@@gmonynegro595 *that from someone that doesn't have a thing on their channel page, nothing on their 'About' page, no playlists, nothing. That being the case, it sounds like you're a troll that is trying to point to someone else, which is called both Diversion and Transference. Typically, your reply to me ignored that "Ralph's" comment was not accurate, but instead, you came after me. Why? Is the truth not preimminent to you?? Why would you 'ask' such a thing (your "question" sounds like an accusation merely *couched as a question) unless you are here to put commenters on the defensive, as trolls do? You will show your colors; they always do.

@FakeNews_Ignored Жыл бұрын

America needs to see this movie. Thanks for uploading it. 🇺🇸

@TheGetorix Жыл бұрын

roger that

@email4664 10 ай бұрын

@@TheGetorix Go balls up and try this 1776 today. We will put you right where you belong

@jamescorlett5272 7 ай бұрын

Just think what Mel Gibson would have done to are lads -lol

@G.S.T.K 6 ай бұрын

Great movie from a very important part of your countries history

@BlueRidgeCritter Жыл бұрын

Wow, what a blast from the past. We watched this movie in high school when it came out. Back in the day when schools still taught us history and patriotism.

@user-sl6hl2vd1s Жыл бұрын

Exactly, Now we have indoctrination centers with child abusing perverts instead of teachers.

@bfyrth Жыл бұрын

biden never liked this movie

@user-sl6hl2vd1s Жыл бұрын

P.S. may they all burn in HELL🙏

@westrueblood8178 Жыл бұрын

Schools don’t teach history anymore?!

@cacatr4495 Жыл бұрын

@@westrueblood8178 The US public school I attended abandoned teaching History for "Social Studies" back in 1973, and Geography and Weather too. Parents were none too pleased with those changes. Private schools *might teach history, the one I later attended did.

@crocodile1313 7 ай бұрын

"Stand your ground. Do not fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." ------Captain Parker April 19, 1775 Lexington, MA

@jamescorlett5272 7 ай бұрын

Then it was all about which brave soul fired first Lexington or Concord and started a Civil War .

@joebloggs2352 9 ай бұрын

"But we are all British !" "We were until today". A classic line that makes me wonder if many modern day Americans realize that the colonials were British themselves until independence.

@ol-Sarge 8 ай бұрын

Yes, I know. A total of 7 of my ancestors fought in the war for independence. Four from SC, 1 from MD and 2 from PA. Of the 4 from SC, it was my 7th great grandfather and his 3 sons. One of his sons were killed by Indians allied with the British. One son was captured by the British but was released by Lord Cornwallis’s troops in a prisoner exchange in Yorktown. The other son after the war migrated to the new State of Kentucky and became the 7th Governor of Kentucky. Adair County, Kentucky is named for him.

@allenlindsey1175 8 ай бұрын

hel no they dont and until after the war of 1812 Britain didnt conisider us americans on the issue of slavery 100% of the slaves were imported by the british and the conditions of the jay treaty meant that ALL british property freed had to be recompensated to Britain thomas jefferson banned the importation of slaves

@seanmccann8368 8 ай бұрын

Yes, it must have been very difficult for many of them. At least in Ireland we knew they were despicable enemies of our people .

@conorgribbin3928 8 ай бұрын

@@seanmccann8368absolute animals the scum of the earth

@gerardmichaelburnsjr. 8 ай бұрын

Until actually many months late when Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense circulated, Americans generally considered themselves specifically 'Englishmen', unless Scots or Irish or whatever.

@plucknpick6414 Жыл бұрын

Ephriam Harrington, my ancestor, fought that morning. His cousins were on the Green. I obtained a half penny dug up at the old bridge site. I share it when ever I can at Living History events.

@MarkRisher-jv8to 11 ай бұрын

That's amazing I hope you hang on to it and pass it along to your children

@stephenmitchell3569 4 ай бұрын

👍🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 In God We Trust !!!! Not our current government sadly....

@YowzaBowzaWowza 2 ай бұрын

My ancestor Asahel Porter was one of the eight that died on the Lexington Green that day.

@phoenixfire124 Ай бұрын

@plucknpick6414 and @YowzaBowzaWowza you must be so proud to know your ancestors were part of such an amazing time.

@YowzaBowzaWowza Ай бұрын

@@phoenixfire124: I’m not sure what I feel about it. My admiration and respect for original Patriots is unwavering but I’ve risked nothing nor made any sacrifice to procure or retain our precious, hard won freedoms and liberties . I wonder if I’ll display the same courage if ever called upon to do so. The way things are going today we all may get that opportunity.

@dougmuzzy32 9 ай бұрын

This video may be filmed by a bunch of actors But the history still runs through my blood In the mornings of April 19th 1775 I lost 2 family members isaac and Jhon muzzy Thank you for sharing this video

@jamescorlett5272 7 ай бұрын

They were told to Move lay down there weapons they did neither what did you expect the British to do ? 🇬🇧 ..

@bradmiller7486 7 ай бұрын

@@jamescorlett5272So the government has the right to KILL YOU for a non-violent protest? ALLAH AKBAR, you'll LOVE that.

@richardhead3211 6 ай бұрын

heroes hail isaac and jojn muzzy!

@dougmuzzy32 5 ай бұрын

@Jamescorlett5272 my friend I believe There is alot more to this story then you may never fully understand I don't wanna sound ignorant in any way But my family members has spent 390 years here in America and the amount of American history and historical land marks is truly amazing I been wanting to do a KZfaq videos that actually talks about it but and the moment I just have alot going on

@markyoungman148 4 ай бұрын

@@dougmuzzy32 I'm guessing English grammar lessons aren't amongst them?

@stevenhall9349 5 ай бұрын

Would love to see more movies of this genre,hope it’s possible

@TheHappyBachelor 4 ай бұрын

Have you seen this one: "George Washington" (1984) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/idFzlJp4vb7chI0.html Its the first of a two part series of George Washington, played by Barry Bostwick. 6 hours, came out in 1984 I think. A true classic. Here's the second part: "George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation" (1986) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fpOqlLVhv5mZcok.html

@hayk3000 3 ай бұрын

Check out the series John Adams (2008, HBO) it focuses more on the political machinations and it's the best one in my opinion.

@raymondkurtyka754 5 ай бұрын

I wish there were more movies made like this one

@stevenhall9349 5 ай бұрын

Have you seen Disney Swamp Fox ,it’s pretty good

@TheHappyBachelor 4 ай бұрын

@lyndamorrow6379 Жыл бұрын

I read this book when I was a teenager. I loved the story then, and I loved this movie. It stayed very true to the book.

@peterjohnson617 Жыл бұрын

Howard Fast was a real good writer,you should read more of his stuff..

@jeff2178 Жыл бұрын

What a great movie, it is hard to get a movie dealing with the American Revolution today which is a shame....

@dennismitchell5414 Жыл бұрын

Hold on now , you're totally ignoring " The Patriot " 😅😅😅😅😅

@ghostfave1216 Жыл бұрын

@@dennismitchell5414 That was a good movie, could have at least tried to be a bit more historically accurate.

@jean-lucpicard5510 Жыл бұрын

@@dennismitchell5414 Only good thing about that was it included French help during the war.

@TheGetorix Жыл бұрын

get rid of the Wokes ,, in fact Demoncraps & Repugnicans ,, sail the same waters,, so now ?

@petermillist3779 Жыл бұрын

The first American Civil War.

@BeefCake1012 11 ай бұрын

“I been bucking against the tide all me life laddy, but today I’m in the company of brothers... America.” Powerful last words from Solomon Chandler! I have an ancestor, Moses Barnes, who fought as part of the minuteman/militia units who harassed the British all the way back to Boston. He was 72 years old and shouldered his musket to fight the British that day. He ended up living to the ripe old age of 88. Unheard of to live that long in those days… RIP Moses, you brave Patriot!

@markmeenaghan934 9 ай бұрын

My ggggreat grandmother Annie McKinney Musick Hatfield survived her husband being scalped n killed in their home in 1792 Virginia..She and her 5 children were abducted by the Shawnee.A posse was raised and got them back within a day after a battle.She later married a widower in the posse Ephraim Hatfield who was the patriarch of the later famous clan. She raised her 5,his 3 and they had 5 more children.She lived to be 104. She has a monument to her life in Pike co. Kentucky.A book was written about her called" the starched apron" by Doris Musick

@godssara6758 8 ай бұрын

@@markmeenaghan934you mean those peaceful Indians scalped a woman and kidnapped children? (Sarcasm)

@alicel3992 8 ай бұрын

@@markmeenaghan934 thank you for sharing. I would love to read the book, "The Starched Apron". I hope the book is still in print.😀

@markmeenaghan934 8 ай бұрын

@@alicel3992 it is out there on Amazon..she had a very interesting life story. I knew nothing of any of it until 2 yrs ago.Her headstone provide me some leads on my quest

@connorgolden4 9 ай бұрын

“Friend, there aint a road in Massachusetts today that don’t lead to British graves”. What a badass line.

@gerardmichaelburnsjr. 8 ай бұрын

I loved that line, but not for its machismo, for its accuracy. The whole countryside literally erupted and vomited forth armed men like Vesuvius vomited lava. The Brits did try to evade the path they knew would be impeded, but the road they took went through a fair sized little town, and by chance the only 'general' in the militia happened to be going through that town (trying to get to Concord) when people came riding in saying the Brits were coming, so he started grabbing men and telling them to defend the town, and as he was doing that, hundreds of men from farther away also were passing through trying to find out where the war was. And that is where they found it. Look it up. It was a unique day, in the Revolution, and maybe in all history. An army of chaos prevailed over the most disciplined infantry on Earth, and with no one above Captain anywhere except briefly in that one town, and him acting like a sergeant with almost no one even knowing who he was at all. He never had time to tell them he was a general, and possibly they obeyed him better because they didn't know..

@HenriHattar 7 ай бұрын

At their maximum strength in this conflict the British never had more than 16,000 second rate soldiers in the conflict, the US Army of COngres, with reserves and every thing numbered the best of 500,000

@carlreed6186 4 ай бұрын

Source? @@HenriHattar

@HenriHattar 4 ай бұрын

Obviously NOT your brain!@@carlreed6186

@teller121 4 ай бұрын

@@HenriHattar 500,000-lol. Half the country was ambivalent about the war and another big chunk was Tory. Try again.

@steamengineer100 Жыл бұрын

Movie starts like an after school special and turns into “platoon”😳

@keskin8512 11 ай бұрын

This is the comment i've been looking for

@cambs0181 Ай бұрын

If they actually had better effects at the killing, you'd be right.

@jameszimmerman1069 11 күн бұрын

Still for 1988 not bad at all

@AllenMacCannell Жыл бұрын

Good timing. I was just thinking today is the anniversary of the Rev War and then you sent this notification. You're on the ball

@papa606 4 ай бұрын

I watched this movie over and over again, I never seem to get enough of it

@premierrulz 19 сағат бұрын

I really liked how the father prayed for some rain at the beginning of the movie and then the son thanked God for providing the rain at the end

@miriamwilson9542 Жыл бұрын

Beautifully done. Thank you.

@haroldpeckenpaugh9305 Жыл бұрын

Man , always liked this movie ,saw it when it first came out I was 29 and only been married a few years and had 2 years in the post office now 64 .wow.😊

@alanlutz8373 Жыл бұрын

Wow. All-star cast and this is the first time I've seen this movie. Thank you for sharing it with us.

@christophertolman7023 5 ай бұрын

I can't imagine the feelings those men felt on that day, as the British approached. I am grateful for their courage.

@HenriHattar 4 ай бұрын

They were dug in, the Britsh approached them going UP HILL, wikth 80 poun packs on their back, the rifle of them days needed time to load and under fire going UP hill they only had ONE shot to get off, then they had to charge, so they were forced DOWN the hill twice due to these dreadful tactics but having lost most of their senior officers one junior officer orderded them to take their packs off and RUN up the hill, no shots, just a dirct charge with bayonets, the Americans had LOADERS for their weapons so DID not run out of ammuntion and had cover and ample time to fire on them, but the British prevaled with tremendous losses, but it is NOT how you think ! At their peak in this war there were only 16, actual British troops, there were German troops there too, but only 16,000 Britsh, The Army of Congress, with ALL forces numbered the best part of 500,000 I know you will say that NO MORE than 48,000 seved at one time, but this does NOT include mitiliia, which OFFICIAL records put at 145,000 plus irregulars as well as reserves, which put the figure well over 300,00 which CAN BE CHECKED , h owever even these figures are a bit rubbery and in actual fact there were about 470.489 THOUSAND ready for battle if needed. The so called CENSUS of 1766 was not an accurate count as it could never be in those days and the population was probably more like 5 million than the offical figure of 2.5 million as this did not take into account indentured servants, Indians and others in the community , including lack of accuracy in getting every one IN the census.

@anthonyskrobul3726 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this great movie. I did not know of it until yesterday. I am so glad I got to see it.

@DanielMoran-lf2xu 9 күн бұрын

This is one of the best Revolutionary War Movies made. I wish they'd make more of them as so.

@underdiggeroakley2903 Жыл бұрын

Exceptional moovie hits home just the same today as it did when it came out.

@kathrynbillinghurst188 Жыл бұрын

So sad… the loss of fathers, brothers, uncles, grandfathers, cousins, dads, fathers in law, friends and orphans… #LestWeForget ✨ To all of the people scared to ruin because of war… 💖R.I.P.💖 #NeverHurtYourBro.

@shouldertoshouldercollecti7444 Жыл бұрын

Lady! ... That is the price of Freedom! And in most cases its something only "men" can really grasp!

@kathrynbillinghurst188 Жыл бұрын

@@shouldertoshouldercollecti7444 ✌️ ✨🕊️✨🌿✨ 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 Have a great day! 🤗 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

@klnkat6600 Жыл бұрын

There are a handful of wars that were truly justified. This was one of them. Freedom is never free. No one should be subjected to a life of slavery. The Rule of Law is vital to freedom.

@roger8792 10 ай бұрын

@@shouldertoshouldercollecti7444 you are delusional

@cliffcampbell8827 11 ай бұрын

Is...is this a PRO American movie? Made by Hollywood people?!?! I've heard about movies like this but I never thought I'd live to see the day where I'd be watching one.

@MTknitter22 9 ай бұрын

Yes, and it’s why the two Brits got all stirred up!

@michaelgriffith2379 Жыл бұрын

Good movie, I'm currently working on my Colonia 58 Cal smooth bore Flintlock.

@SkipperBlue Жыл бұрын

This is a realistic movie, based on a true story. You can feel the fear of this young boy. He is not a killer, but he have to fight. I think, the british soldiers were poor boys too. I always have been interested in these part of the american history. Greetings from germany

@carlreed6186 Жыл бұрын

Thousands of Germans were hired by the British to fight in the war. Many of them stayed in the colonies after the war. They were productive citizens and helped to forge a new nation.

@josephpadula2283 Жыл бұрын

The Hession soldiers from what is now Germany were hired later By the British to fight. See the Battle of Trenton on Christmas Day for an example.

@peterjohnson617 Жыл бұрын

It seems it always the same......old men send young men to fight & die.........peace to you...

@karencarter8292 Жыл бұрын

@@josephpadula2283 Many Hessians were just poor German boys forced to fight for the British.

@HenriHattar Жыл бұрын

Actually they did not have to fight and three out of four wanted to stay with Britain but as in these things the minority were prepared to use consilidated force at any one time in this "war" the maximum amount of British troops numbered no more than 16,000 while the Congressional army numbered nearly 500,000. The terrorist were the Americans.

@JD-dn3mx 22 күн бұрын

Thanks to God there's not too many commercials

@oddsteinardybvad-raneng 7 ай бұрын

A sad story, well acted. Thank you for posting.

@CRuf-qw4yv 7 ай бұрын

This movie inspired me to replicate the Coopers Salt Box home. We built it in 1995, large fireplaces and all..

@ralphjenkinson3289 Жыл бұрын

When the best movies about the American Revolution ever thanks for the download

@phoenixfire124 Ай бұрын

Ah, yes. I grew up watching it every 4th of July. Love the movie so much, I found it on a streaming service to watch as an adult.

@t.j.payeur5331 Жыл бұрын

"It'll be a lot easier for them to walk to Concord than It'll be for them to get back." Great book, great production..but New England doesn't look like that in April, it's much more gray and sparse, you can't do much in April except get ready for May...

@higgsmerino3925 7 ай бұрын

...and it rained heavily that day and then a cold front came in. There were no leaves on the trees!!

@johnschuh8616 4 ай бұрын

Someone complained about the pace, but that is pretty much how it happens when life altering events take place. And it would have been the longest day in the life of that young man, and embedded in his memory as if it had happened just yesterday. The day he took his father’s place at the head of the table.

@davidrobinson8337 Жыл бұрын

Jones meant business when he told that boy to load up!

@FlyingTooFast Жыл бұрын

Finally! It’s back!

@yomama8873 Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🤩🤩💖

@Stew357 15 сағат бұрын

So many good men sacrificed and paid the ultimate price for us and for our country. We stand on the shoulders of giants.

@edmazzeo1985 Ай бұрын

thank you for this moving movie .

@MrFlyrod7 Ай бұрын

Thank you to our forefathers that fought for our liberty and those that continue too.

@andrewpena9041 4 ай бұрын

This is my number one favorite movie of all time.

@alecwilliams7111 8 ай бұрын

Bravo! Very well done. The Disney film JOHNNY TREMAINE also covers many of the issues very well--although it puts the Sons of Liberty in a better light than history does. Also see THE AGE OF REVOLUTION (vol. 3 of THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES) by Winston Churchill. He had relatives on both sides of the Revolution, and he has an interesting viewpoint. He was a master of the English language, and he's a pleasure to read.

@anonw3829 8 ай бұрын

Thank you...

@carlreed6186 Жыл бұрын

It is hard to find many American Revolutionary War movies

@WhatsCookingTime 3 ай бұрын

Watch the television series Turn

@johns5263 Жыл бұрын

I was there on the Battlefield on that April morning. Well... spiritually.

@carmelbrain7399 Жыл бұрын

wow, superb

@michaelcoghlan9124 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, an we still haven't learned a thing. God Bless. Michael

@vernaautenrieth9218 8 ай бұрын

Been lookimg for this

@julsjewels3185 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this movie.

@MrLotrecht Жыл бұрын

In memory of todays date - I hope America find his way back to that days when they fought for peace,independence and home rule! Not the way they did the last 60 Years figthing for capitalism and not for freedom and self ruling as they did before ! Like Patton says My biggest fear is that after the war against the nazis-the military complex will gain to much power over the politics,and the next wars we fight we fight for their profit! (maybe for that he did in an ``accident`` in germany! )

@rocioaguilera3555 Жыл бұрын

I think that you meant he DIED

@Lassisvulgaris Жыл бұрын

Can you please provide your evidence and documentation on Patton NOT dying in an accident...?

@cacatr4495 Жыл бұрын

@@Lassisvulgaris You're not a very bright troll: you wrote your reply to them opposite of what a shrewd troll would have. Are you new to the job? Subject aside, we can see from all their comments/replies here that lassisvulgaris is a professional online Provocateur, a professional troll. They are just here to upset people, to try to put them on the defensive. We can ignore them.

@carlreed6186 Жыл бұрын

What a crock

@karencarter8292 Жыл бұрын

@@Lassisvulgaris He was murdered. As per the excellent book, Target: Patton by Robert K. Wilcox, and common sense. Plus, he told his daughters he would probably not be coming back home.

@bobsnyder7831 9 ай бұрын

Excellent!

@anthonyprezioso8115 2 ай бұрын

Great movie , well done, first time watching , love to see more. Take care , blessings

@teller121 4 ай бұрын

I'm somewhat encouraged that so many liked this movie, given its less than sensational pace or scenes. I must admit I found it a bit underwhelming but liked it overall for most of the reasons stated here.

@thecolter 4 ай бұрын

"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a musket ball." -Solomon Chandler (probably)

@guywgane3 Жыл бұрын

Makes me remember running through the woods near my house. I would reenact scenes from this movie . lol

@kcstafford2784 Жыл бұрын

enjoy your podting...thank you....

@soulsouthmusic8635 2 ай бұрын

Going to be a good movie night. Great post.

@edwardspencer3906 9 ай бұрын

My Forbearer fought at The Cowpens, so this is just Fantastic! Unfortunately, most of our current "Patriots" would know neither.. Very Sad, indeed

@jwkennington Ай бұрын

I had one at Cowpens as well.

@edwardspencer3906 Ай бұрын

@@jwkennington IMO Those 3 Battles, Cowpens, Kings Mountain and Guilford Courthouse, was the Death Knell of British forces in America..A Lot of Truly Great Men and Women made SURE the Redcoats were NEVER able to re-supply themselves from "sympathetic" Carolinians...My Family still lives in the area.. very sad that most people aren't aware of these Great Events that made This Great Land!

@TheGetorix Жыл бұрын

well done to the detail ,, many thanks awakened my feelings for what was once America!

@19bisho 8 ай бұрын

Can't help but think America would be a better Country if England hadn't lost it,.... one things for sure tho, it couldn't' be any worse... .....

@stormwolf8770 2 ай бұрын

@@19bisho given how the UK was and how it treated its colonies (South Africa and Raj)....i dont think so

@rocioaguilera3555 Жыл бұрын

A very young Tommy Lee Jones. I hardly recognized him. Excellent movie about the revolutionary war. Would God save the king? I don't think so. Is Adam's friend John (Don) Addams? I liked, commented and shared it.

@iwritechecksatthegrocerystore 5 күн бұрын

I was thinking the same… except that if this really did come out in 1988 that means he was OLDER than he was in lonesome dove, where he plays a much older character..

@leeshiery1194 5 ай бұрын

Great movie. Watch in history class in high school.

@thepeskytraveller3870 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the upload! We just might be heading down the same road again. Be aware. Stand ready.

@miguel.jimenez 10 ай бұрын

After reading the book I have to say I'm a bit sad and understanding by how much they cut out... The book has so many amazing details

@sherylannnarvasa6922 Жыл бұрын

I never knew about this movie.

@felkerforcongress Жыл бұрын

Where the spirit of the lord is; there is freedom!

@higgsmerino3925 7 ай бұрын

ALL RELIGIONS are a great toxic poison on this earth.

@loneranger5349 3 ай бұрын

He definitely took after his momma. I remember her playing roles in lots of TV shows 😊

@GaveMeGrace1 8 ай бұрын

Tha k you.

@sheldonf 4 ай бұрын

I love that this movie uses God's name, Jehovah! And fine horsemanship across the board.

@christopherdormio4117 3 ай бұрын

This movie brought a human side to the historical facts that have been written down in history about April 19th, 1775 the beginning of American Freedom

@georgekenney8121 Жыл бұрын

when you look at this movie April Morning it will give you some kind of a idea on who may have fire that shot at Lexington Green like maybe some where near it where Captain John Parker or any of his men had not seen him,

@williammoseley17 5 ай бұрын

Bring back the bravery and conviction of our founding fathers.

@alicel3992 8 ай бұрын

I remember when Walt Disney produced Patriotic movies and Sunday nights we would sit around the television set and watch. Disney co. Is woke now so good bye to those movies. I am very glad to see this movie and that there are more like it. We, Americans, need to remember FREEDOM is NOT free, there is a price to be paid. Shame on the corrupted ppl in congress and our government!

@higgsmerino3925 7 ай бұрын

Disney has always produced fake, jingoist pablum for the masses. NO blood, just Davy Crockett saving the world singlehanded nonsense.

@barbaras2669 5 ай бұрын

It's better to be woke than asleep like you. You follow Trump, who was a draft dodger. Who called the dead at Arlington Cemetery "suckers". Trump, who couldn't understand what was in it for those who died or were wounded for their country. Who disparaged the injuries John McCain suffered in Vietnam in service of his country.

@peterfrance702 8 ай бұрын

Good movie. They didn't teach me this history in UK.) Now there are hoards of trespasses in both our nations.

@keskin8512 11 ай бұрын

Does anyone know what are the thin wires at 54:10?

@howardkoontz4735 10 ай бұрын

today our cournty needs to see where we came from. I have cooked and read and wrote by candle light and fire light. It is amazing that a country can be born by candle light

@jeremydow1432 7 ай бұрын

All nations are. Light a candle for peace : not a rocket.

@williamsimmons152 4 ай бұрын

Joseph E Simmons, a great grandfather, 2 other Minute Men from Sturbridge, a great grandfather and a great uncle, "responded to the alarm in 75".

@redcorsair14 Жыл бұрын

Missed some good parts. Like when Revere was captured and the militia got bored of standing around`and discharged their weapons so they could go to the tavern and wait. When they discharged their weapons Revere who was just down the road bluffed the patrol that captured him telling them it was several hundred troops marching towards them and the patrol fled, and then he went to the tavern. The Adam kid was annoying. The bridge battle would have been cool to see with the irregulars and the guys on the hill shooting down on the red coats. The Redcoats were far too clean. They were cold wet and dirty from having to wade waist deep through water and mud in a swamp where the navy boats dropped them off and having to eat bug ridden rations the navy provided and then marching miles in the dark. To this day they still havent figured out who fired first. There were a lot of really interesting side stories for this battle. You had the crazy old 80+ year old retired redcoat who decided to take on the entire red coat column by himself killed a couple and was shot and bayonetted 11 times, lived and then married a twenty-something year old woman. There's a marker commemorating him along that road. Who spent the time and effort building waist high rock walls along miles of road?

@karencarter8292 Жыл бұрын

The farmers - while clearing the fields..

@redcorsair14 Жыл бұрын

@@karencarter8292 While normally that would make sense and I would agree, there were no fields, just a little overgrown grassy area before the woods started. Plus I think if it was rocks from this, they would have ended up more like bocages like in France where farmers generationally just tossed the rocks into eventual long piles of hill along the sides of their fields. (and yes, I totally believe I am being way to nit picky about a very minor point :P )

@higgsmerino3925 7 ай бұрын

And it rained like hell that day, then a cold front came in.

@melchizedek777lastdaysmelc9 Жыл бұрын

Very Well Done.

@ljh45s Жыл бұрын

It was a great move wish the children in schools could see it now, so sad the way american has be come now days, what we stand for and what we believe, the way are for fathers be leaved, and fault for, my the lord be with us,

@lee-ur7nt 6 ай бұрын

We watched this in multiple grades through school

@josephpadula2283 Жыл бұрын

Good book on the subject is. Paul Revere's Ride By David H Fisher.

@APOSTLIC 4 ай бұрын

Good movie

@teacherrea5319 7 ай бұрын

People are quick to judge but when have we ever heard the British side of the story.

@bradmiller7486 7 ай бұрын

There are a LOT of books out there. If you bother to look.

@jmaxh 5 ай бұрын

All very good - but just one nit picky thing - Fully grown foliage in late April in Massachusetts? It's still early spring, grass may be greening up, but trees would be just budding. And you're still fair game for a snow flurry.

@davidtunstill5483 8 ай бұрын

I first read this book as a kid and have never forgotten it

@mikematusek4233 10 ай бұрын

I remember seeing this when it first came out on TV. Was good then and better now, as the young don't know their history. Though this gives a possible answer to who fired the shot. I counted at least 4 different regimental uniforms, with the light and grenadier (bear skin hats) companies from each, 100 men per company, that's 800 of the 1500 there that day.

@gerardmichaelburnsjr. 8 ай бұрын

That number of regiments you counted might be proper. Gage had stripped the 'light infantry' and grenadiers of many regiments to form what we would call a 'special task force' for that mission. Supposedly there were only 700+ men total though (not including the relief force).

@dies1domini 2 ай бұрын

The novel is Howard FAST "April Morning" (not Feast!)

@gerardmichaelburnsjr. 8 ай бұрын

I had never seen this movie before. Having read diaries and letters written by the participants (Read: Rebels and Redcoats, a compilation of original documents from the time), I realize this movie, while well intentioned, was made subject to the snowflake sensitivities of the post-Vietnam era. In a real household of that time, the lad would have come home to see his father laid out on the dining room table, he would only _possibly_ be on the bed if he had been still alive when brought in. Beds were not easily replaced, and a widow must also sleep somewhere, maybe for many years. The people of that era were also, especially in the area near Boston, very determined. When the British drew near, the possibility of withdrawing _was_ mentioned. Captain of militia John Parker, a farmer IIRC, shut that down, saying, "If they mean war, let it begin here". None fled until a British volley mowed down more than a dozen of the patriots. And by the way, it was a travesty for the movie to show someone as being responsible for 'the shot heard round the world'. In real life, the question was investigated to exhaustion during and after the Revolutionary War. no one ever found out who really fired it. Coming far off from one side would probably have been noticed. The militiamen were firm in saying it was none of them, The Brit officers present limited themselves to saying it was no one from their unit, so the movie creates s fictional character to take the blame or credit. It should rightly have been left unexplained. By the way, firebrand Sam Adams was watching the whole thing from a second floor window about a block away, and has been mentioned as a possible subject, but he had only a pistol, and many present would have recognized a pistol shot as opposed to musket or fowling piece _as well as noticing the shot came from a distance_. Still, the movie seems to intend a patriotic and truthful portrayal, and so I applaud it.

@matrox 8 ай бұрын

1:13:45 They left his gun there!...They didn't take the guys already loaded gun!😂😅 They just left it on the ground.

@gunhojput 8 ай бұрын

Being a brit i can say our boys were a force to be reckoned with, but it took real guts to stand in that line and see what was coming at them the best trained army of the time, they were farmers and tradesmen they shouldnt have been there but they were and started what would become the war that ended with americas freedom, although i ask are you still free? love to all.

@gerardmichaelburnsjr. 8 ай бұрын

A sad question to hear today, for sure, because the answer is yet sadder.

@michaelsmyth3935 8 ай бұрын

Once the Constitution and its regalia of dogma and doctrine promoting a semi representative oligarchy was passed, no. Everything else has evolved from that.

@marcelbork92 8 ай бұрын

The best trained army of the time was the Prussian.

@georgeroberts-morehen9147 7 ай бұрын

WHAT a load of b-ll-x. A significant number of Americans had valuable combat experience in the French & Indian War (7 Years War); including George Washington. A different kind of war to fighting in Europe: the climate, the untamed terrain, the bloodthirsty biting midges, & then of course the American rebels.

@songsmith31a 7 ай бұрын

From the UK - with American family (my late eldest sister married a WW2 vet), I wonder how America might have fared had the Crown retained control over there in those tumultuous times, Freedom can be a twisty largely undefined road to travel. How, I still wonder, would America look today?

@Gene-kl1br 2 ай бұрын

Years of History Buff . Never knew thee story of that day in depth . Thankyou. I've many more days to know of so many ancestors.

@dorianphilotheates3769 Жыл бұрын

Well, that’s the way the cookie (biscuit) 🍪 crumbles.

@Sonny_Eclipse Ай бұрын

The sad thing about TV programs and movies of this time period Is that they use videotape and the images aren’t as sharp as film

@rgrbmac3066 9 ай бұрын

I recall watching this when it first aired. Nice to see it again. Looks like it was filmed in Canada which is to bad, there are many locations in MA that would have represented the area better. Looking at this from the point of view of living not that far from the actual locations, it just looked off, but a minor complaint, this is dated, but very entertaining. I always liked Robert Urich, Tommy Lee and Susan Blakely.

@jerrycoleman882 10 ай бұрын

Can't believe "Agent K" died! If ya know what I mean...

@garynew9637 9 ай бұрын

Rip torn!

@dilsaliosatos8797 Жыл бұрын

Sad the wor but was necessary for the fredown humanity

@JJ-xi5or 4 ай бұрын

Genuine question how did the young lad Adam hit in the leg die from his wound?

@johnbland1422 3 ай бұрын

Infection and blood loss until the 1900's a minor cut or scrape could kill you. Google medical implements of the day, they look like they belong in a butcher shop

@davidfisher12865 2 ай бұрын

We will not comply!

@randywaite4573 Ай бұрын

Very good depiction of the battle of Lexington but how is it that Moses Cooper dies and their isn't any Cooper listed on the historical record of those killed on the green that day?????