Preparation-
The specter of Captain Thomas Knowlton beside me waiting patiently for the two Ashford Militia Company’s to join him’.
We’re standing in the Militia training field behind the Pompey Hollow Tavern . It’s August of 1760..
The God Fearing Ashford farmer is again being asked to keep his rifle close at hand. This time, he’s not asked to protect his family from the marauding French and Indians, but the callous Parliament politicians who would save the homeland taxpayer at the expense of the colonists by divesting those in the Colones of their rights as Englishman.
The American firebrands, calling themselves The Sons of Liberty, act more like vigilantes than concerned citizens.
The Clergy caution the parishioners, Saint James warns “the tongue is fire “ beware it can ignite
the inflammable tinder of hatred and intolerance in the name of American Nationalism. The flames lick our shores and harbors . The impressionable are caught up in it. The conservatives reform the citizen- soldier, should the day come.
Captain Knowlton, based upon his experience against the French has been recruited to again prepare the militia in Ashford.
Attach pictures of the Pompey Hollow Tavern – front and back
also intimidating notice – Sons of Liberty
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