In a prelude to the Great Raid of 1780, Sir John Johnson and his small army of Tories and Indians invaded Johnstown on May 21, 1780. Their raid began at midnight when they entered the town and systematically killed local patriots and destroyed their homes and property. Local Tories, who had an early warning about the raid, assisted with the raid on their fellow neighbors. [More]
Monday, May 21, 2012
This Day in History: May 21
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Gotta figure there're gonna be more'n one or two incidents like that in the (I am utterly convinced) coming insurgency/insurrection/revolution. I have no doubt but federal and loyalist troops will commit such atrocities (nothing was said about patriot families so I suspect the women and children were slaughtered with the fathers) many times. The coming catastrophe bodes to be bloody beyond belief. We can only hope that the rebels commit fewer.
Gonna get mean, folks. GONNA GET MEAN!
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