Before sunrise on April 19, 1775, ordinary men across Massachusetts stepped into the chilly dark with muskets in hand and purpose in their hearts. They were farmers, blacksmiths, teenagers, and grandfathers. They weren’t soldiers. They weren’t rebels yet. But they were done kneeling. This week on Dave Does History, we return to that fateful morning when liberty stopped being a theory and became a choice.
Drawing from family history and years of research, Dave takes us deep into the intelligence war that preceded the first shots of the American Revolution. We meet Dr. Joseph Warren, Paul Revere, and William Dawes, not as legends but as men making hard decisions in tense times. We hear the whispers that lit the fuse and follow the riders who warned a sleeping countryside.
And then, we stand at Lexington Green. We meet Ebenezer and Isaac Bowman, Dave’s ancestors, just boys by today’s standards, facing down the best-trained army on earth. They didn’t know they were starting a war. They just knew they’d had enough. Eight were dead before breakfast.
From Concord’s North Bridge to Samuel Whitmore’s defiant stand at 78 years old, this episode captures not just the facts of the day, but the emotion, the fear, and the resolve that made April 19 a turning point in world history.
It’s not about tactics. It’s about courage. Why do people fight? What does it cost? And how does one day, one choice, one refusal to kneel, start a revolution?
This is more than history. It’s personal. It’s powerful. It’s the moment the American people stood up and said, “No more.” As Dave puts it, “Liberty saddles up.”
Tune in to Dave Does History on Bill Mick Live for the full story. This one isn’t just worth remembering. It’s worth standing for.
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