Battle Road

Today we visited Minute Man National Park in Concord, Mass. We heard a ranger presentation about the launch of the Revolutionary War. He was just some kid in a Smokey the Bear hat, who stumbled only slightly through his memorized speech, but when he got to the part where the leader of the militia ordered the colonists to return fire on the British, I actually started to cry. Fortunately, it was raining and I could hide my tears. I. Am. Such. A. Sap.