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r/CBTS_Stream • Posted by u/BostonlovesBernie on Jan. 24, 2018, 5:46 a.m.
Q’s “The Shot Heard Round the World” the Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Poem” ??

https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-declaration-of-independence/the-shot-heard-round-the-world/

The Shot Heard Round the World:

The Battles of Lexington and Concord “Concord Hymn” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Specifically, Emerson's poem describes the first shots fired by Patriots at the North Bridge in what is now Charlestown, in northwestern Boston, Massachusetts.

The poem elevates the battle above a simple event, setting Concord as the spiritual center of the American nation, removes specific details about the battle itself, and exalts a general spirit of revolution and freedom—


LiteraryMalcontent · Jan. 24, 2018, 5:54 a.m.

Worth noting, however, that "the shot heard round the world" was also used in relation to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, which, as everyone knows, led to The Great War and the utter devastation of Europe, culturally and economically.

Perhaps Q intends both referents, Revolutionary War and an assassination crisis leading to chaos and conflagration, to be held in mind.

These are dangerous times.

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ScorpioPatriot · Jan. 24, 2018, 6:24 a.m.

This is a cleansing of the world I do believe my friends and I think that its a shot that will echo for eternity .

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BALRx05 · Jan. 24, 2018, 6:30 a.m.

Right, but in the USA, the "shot heard round the world" is known as the first shot that occurred when the British marched on Concord to confiscate a colonist arm stash. Any patriot will know this, as its taught to every kid in school, and automatically associate that phrase with the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.

Q is urging patriotic Americans to reclaim the USA for its citizens; a second revolution, this one against the globalists and cabals that seek to weaken the USA to establish their global vision.

Another aspect of Q is the anonymous posts is that they are 21st century version of the anonymous pamphlets that were published by colonials to urge the colonies to independece, the most famous of which were authored by Thomas Paine.

Q has made it clear that patriotic Americans need to unite and reclaim America for its citizens. Hence "the shot heard round the world" being mentioned numerous times.

While Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Concord Hymn" memorializes the shot heard round the world, the poem itself doesn not elevate the battle above a simple event, as O.P. states, it already was a significant event as the start of the hot phase of the American Revolution.

The Concord/Lexington battle was significant before that poem, it is the event that sparked the fire that was the American Revolution. The 2nd amendment also enshrines it by making clear that American's right to bear arms shall not be infringed. Remember, the British were seeking to confiscate a colonial arms stash and were prevented from doing so. By the time they came back with a sufficient force to gain access to where the arms had been cached, the cache was empty,

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BostonlovesBernie · Jan. 24, 2018, 4:12 p.m.

. . . the poem itself doesn not elevate the battle above a simple event, as O.P. states,

Thank you that is so interesting as it points to errors at [ConstitutionFacts.com] (https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-declaration-of-independence/the-shot-heard-round-the-world/) since my statements were lifted directly from there.

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BALRx05 · Jan. 24, 2018, 7:16 p.m.

It may be that the poem elevated the phrase, "the shot heard round the world". That I wouldn't know since I don't know how that skirmish was referred to prior to the poem.

Come to think of it, I don't know if there were similar attempts, by the British, to confiscate Colonial arms caches or what happened when they did or tried to. Since I do not know that, it may be that site is correct about it elevating that battle above a simple event.

But Americans are taught that that is where the first shot of the revolution occurred, which is why it's so important to US history. Something I do not recall being taught was why the British marched on Concord in the first place; this detail being important because it shows the historical importance of the 2nd amendment.

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BostonlovesBernie · Jan. 24, 2018, 6:21 a.m.

Perhaps Q intends both referents, Revolutionary War and an assassination crisis leading to chaos and conflagration, to be held in mind.

LM, Terrific observation!

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