'Light All the Lanterns NOW!' Paul Revere National Park Warns on 250th Anniversary

Lessons From the Ride that Saved America

The sun is ever faithful, keeping the incredibly large and powerful planets in their orbit, while blessing vulnerable humans with its warmth and light.

Happiest day, beloved Joy Train Rider! Bless you! I love you. I am so happy to think about the great wave of loving energy that millions of people are sending out today in celebration of Good Friday.

I know there are also feelings of great anguish going out from millions of people affected by the actions of our “leaders” overtly trying to degrade our beloved Democracy and punishing the world.

These two opposites give us the perfect “proving ground” to understand the enigmatic statement I quoted in “Desperate ‘Leaders’ Steal Honor From Dead Black Heroine,”

“Opposing forces complement rather than contradict when properly understood.”

I’m grateful to the Rider who said that they were intrigued by that thought and possibility. That heartened me - because one can be multiplied infinitely, so there could conceivably be a million people who find that thought illuminating. I understand it only enough to know that everything I see as external is a reflection of myself, and therefore I have no choice but to love it. I believe in the active power of love with a call to the heavens for help.

Today’s Ride is taking hours longer than usual to complete because I find it incredibly portentous.

What are the odds that Paul Revere’s legendary and consequential ride took place TWO-HUNDRED-FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY?

If it was happening today, the patriots would have needed to make plans for every lamp they had to be on, the assaults are so many and coming from so many different fronts. The fact that we face an internal opponent makes the challenge almost unthinkable, but on our tour we will see how much they rose to the occasion. They met every contingency and succeeded in thwarting this attack that could easily have derailed the American Experiment. What incredible role models.

In Paul Revere and the Night that Saved America, Kostya Kennedy asks:

“What might have happened if Massachusetts militia had not been present at either Lexington or Concord when British troops arrived on April 19? “