Excerpt from The Minute Men and Other Patriots of Walpole, Mass., In Our Long Struggle for National Independence, 1775 1783 Col Bullard, one of the four patriots commemorated, wasour school teacher here just prior to the Revolution, and taught both his pupils and their fathers the priceless principles of justice and freedom, and when all peaceable measures had proved vain, courageously led them to our first armed resist ance to the invading foe, many under' his command being only sixteen and seventeen years of age. The colonel also taught here immediately on the successful close of the war. What more inspiring lesson could be put before the thoughtless youth of to - day than this pursuit and achievement of lofty pur pose, even on the High School Grounds? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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