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\u2022 We\u2019ll have all eternity to celebrate our victories, But only one short hour before sunset to win them. – Robert Moffat<\/p>\n
Bissel\u2019s Ride<\/b><\/p>\n
Thanks to the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, everyone has heard of the \u201cMidnight Ride of Paul Revere.\u201d But few have heard of Israel Bissel, a humble post rider on the Boston-New York route. After the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, Bissel was ordered to raise the alarm in New Haven, Connecticut. He reached Worchester, Mass., normally a day\u2019s ride, in two hours. There, according to tradition, his horse promptly dropped dead. Pausing only to get another mount, Bissel pressed on and by April 22 was in New Haven\u2014but he didn\u2019t stop there! He rode on to New York, arriving April 24, and then stayed in the saddle until he reached Philadelphia the next day. Bissel\u2019s 126 hour, 345 mile ride signaled American militia units throughout the Northeast to mobilize for war. <\/p>\n
Today in the Word, October 1, 1991<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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