Faced with tyranny, the American Colonists launched a revolution that changed the world forever. Facing off with the most powerful military might in the world, and a tyrannical British Crown, the rag-tag group of minutemen used a new kind of warfare against the battalions of Red Coats. Hiding behind the trees and using their knowledge of the landscape, the American Revolutionaries outlasted the British Army, evading attack and striking when the professional soldiers of the British Empire least expected. Through the bloody battles a new nation was born, and the veterans of the Revolutionary War were heroes. They were the ones that served as the blood and guts when it came to forging the United States into existence.
A year before the Constitutional Convention, and in fact one of the sparks that encouraged the founders during the Annapolis Convention in 1786 to determine that the government under the Articles of Confederation were unable to properly protect the union of sovereign states, Veterans of the Revolutionary War revolted.
In the economically tumultuous years that followed the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, many of the war veterans of whom were farmers and rural homesteaders, had accrued a great deal of debt during, and after, the war. The debt mounted when, to survive, and as taxes came due, they resorted to credit. As those debts came due, many of the veterans began to lose their properties, and in Massachusetts this resulted in some of the war veterans organizing, and protesting. The protests began to move to the courthouses, where the courts were shut down by the veterans in order to stop the judicial hearings for tax and debt collection.
Unable to stop the insurrection, the government watched hopelessly. To resolve the matter, the merchant class in Boston formed a mercenary force to stop the rebellion, and bring the local area back under order.
The Revolutionary War Veterans had a legitimate gripe. If it hadn't of been for them, there would be no United States of America. What would lead a nation to treat its war veterans with such indignity?
Under the conditions of a government shutdown, the Obama Administration closed the Washington DC memorials, even going to such a length as to wire the gates shut and put up barriers. Among the newer memorials is the World War II Memorial, which is an open-air attraction. Of the World War II Veterans, few remain with us, and fewer are able to make the trek out to the long-awaited-for memorial. Yet, in a show of spite against the Republicans for not acting as King Obama expects, the White House closed the Washington DC memorials, and placed barricades around many of them to keep the people out.
The government is treating the American People like they are trespassers. Who does the President think the memorials, and other structures, in Washington DC, belongs to?
War Veterans, and their family and friends, of many wars converged upon the closed sites, and took matters into their own hands. In the tradition of Shays' Rebellion, the veterans protested, and then took action. They opened up the gates, flooded into the World War II Memorial, and carried the barricades back to the White House.
Police confronted the heroes in riot gear, treating them like the domestic terrorists Homeland Security brands them as. Helicopters buzzed over the Million Vet March. The police readied themselves, and confronted the veterans.
The louder voices of the group said the closing of the public memorials in Washington DC was "a despicable act of cowardice."
Later in the morning, Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) spoke to the crowd, later joined by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The support of the prominent TEA Party Republicans energized the gathering patriots, and before long they began to chant, “Tear down these walls!”, echoing Ronald Reagan's Berlin speech that addressed the Tyranny in Moscow.
Then, the crowd began singing, “God Bless America” and other patriotic songs.
The police gathered, their equipment rattling as they walked. The helicopters flew above, waiting for an altercation. Then, a beautiful sound erupted in Washington DC. The truckers arrived, hauling their big rigs toward the Mall, blaring their horns.
The police gathered, their equipment rattling as they walked. The helicopters flew above, waiting for an altercation. Then, a beautiful sound erupted in Washington DC. The truckers arrived, hauling their big rigs toward the Mall, blaring their horns.
The Metropolitan Police Department promptly blocked off the street to keep the newcomers out, which encouraged the crowd to move further up the street, shouting at the police to move their vehicles.
In the late morning, after the confrontations cooled, the protesting veterans, and their allies, headed back to the memorial, many congregating around the few World War II veterans, shaking their hands and thanking the greatest generation for their service.
In the late morning, after the confrontations cooled, the protesting veterans, and their allies, headed back to the memorial, many congregating around the few World War II veterans, shaking their hands and thanking the greatest generation for their service.
The battle ended. The war has just begun.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
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