1SG Private RallyPoint Member 932303 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-58018"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F1-sep-this-day-in-us-military-history%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=1+SEP--This+Day+in+US+Military+History&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F1-sep-this-day-in-us-military-history&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0A1 SEP--This Day in US Military History%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/1-sep-this-day-in-us-military-history" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="a81a05b9386d31bee6ba9858cd4ad20f" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/058/018/for_gallery_v2/5361c1b2.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/058/018/large_v3/5361c1b2.jpg" alt="5361c1b2" /></a></div></div>1774 – The Powder Alarm was a major popular reaction to the removal of gunpowder from a magazine by British soldiers under orders from General Thomas Gage, royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. <br /><br />In response to this action, amid rumors that blood had been shed, alarm spread through the countryside as far as Connecticut and beyond, and American Patriots sprang into action, fearing that war was at hand. Thousands of militiamen began streaming toward Boston and Cambridge, and mob action forced Loyalists and some government officials to flee to the protection of the British Army. Although it proved to be a false alarm, the Powder Alarm caused political and military leaders to proceed more carefully in the days ahead, and essentially provided a “dress rehearsal” for the Battles of Lexington and Concord seven and a half months later. <br />Furthermore, actions on both sides to control weaponry, gunpowder, and other military supplies became more contentious, as the British sought to bring military stores more directly under their control, and the Patriot colonists sought to acquire them for their own use.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/september-1/">https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/september-1/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/021/108/qrc/blank.jpg?1443053077"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/september-1/">September 1</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">1 September 1676 - Nathaniel Bacon led an uprising against English Governor William Berkeley at Jamestown, Virginia, resulting in the settlement being burned to the ground. Bacon&#39;s Rebellion came i...</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-09-01T12:38:58-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 932303

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2015-09-01T12:38:58-04:00 2015-09-01T12:38:58-04:00 SSgt Alex Robinson 932352

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Another fascinating bit of history. Thanks!

2015-09-01T12:51:32-04:00 2015-09-01T12:51:32-04:00 SSgt Alex Robinson 932361

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thank you for sharing

2015-09-01T12:53:14-04:00 2015-09-01T12:53:14-04:00 COL Randy Alicea 932747

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thats a nice piece of our History and a feather in the 2nd Amendment. Thank you

2015-09-01T14:51:53-04:00 2015-09-01T14:51:53-04:00 CW4 Private RallyPoint Member 933359

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="29149" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/29149-25u-signal-support-systems-specialist-c-co-45th-bct-stb">1SG Private RallyPoint Member</a>, very interesting information. Thank you for posting.

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