July 4 thread...key events leading up to the Revolution. You should be familiar with each of these events.
1. The "Boston Massacre," 1770. A contingent of soldiers fired into a crowd that was jeering and harassing them. Nothing would ever be the same in Boston again.
2. The Boston Tea Party, 1773. A group of men dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped chests of East India Tea Company tea into Boston Harbor.
3. Shootouts at Lexington and Concord, 1775. When the match was finally lit. British Army regulars were sent to confiscate weapons and ammunition of the Massachusetts militia. The result was a firefight.
4. The Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775. (Actually fought on Breed's Hill). Colonials were attacked by British forces and eventually driven off the heights with significant casualties.
The Revolution War was not a gentleman's affair.
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1. All right, gang. Before I knock off, one final thread on 1920s threads, just so you can see what great taste & style your great-granddaddies had. And how far we've sunk since then.
Here we go. Roll 'em....
2. Here is Rudolf Valentino (left), W.S. Hart, and Douglas Fairbanks (right) in 1925. Look at the custom fit on Valentino's suit. Perfect fit.
3. An expressive color photo of author F. Scott Fitzgerald. He's got a knit tie and what looks like a thick wool suit.
1. People think that the American Revolution was some sort of effete, powdered wig affair. Nothing could be further from the truth. It was a brutal, savage, extended conflict. Countless towns & villages were torched or depopulated. The British in those days crushed people.
2. They brought in Hessian mercenaries who would run you through with a bayonet and laugh about it. They brought in Highlanders who were fiercely loyal to the King and hated Americans. Read the books...it's all there.
3. The founding fathers put their asses on the line. It was no joke. Every one of them would have been hanged, had John Bull got his hands on them. Ever wonder why John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence with such a huge flourish?
1. My point: you never abandon the field. You never give up your prized slot.
Yeah, sure, classes will be online. So what. Roll with it. Grip it & rip it. Things were moving in that direction anyway for years, and that's just how it is. No use whining about the past.
2. Changes happen. They've happened to my profession too: hearings, legal education classes, etc. You have to deal with it.
In reality, humans adjust. If you're in a city surrounded by a lot of students, things will happen. You have to be there to take advantage...
3. ...of the opportunities. If you're at home, or off skylabbing it somewhere, you'll miss out. A lot of this "online" stuff is just ass-covering window-dressing that the big corps use to protect themselves. Education is changing and you have to roll with it.