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Hello Patriots,

Our next meeting is scheduled on Tuesday April the 5th. The time is 7:00 pm and will be in the community meeting room at the Bloomfield public library. We will be updated on the status of the Hoosiers For Conservative Senate's efforts to remove RINO Lugar from the US Senate in 2012. Matt Ubelhor is going to make an effort to be with us and update us on the many State legislative issues and answer questions. Some bills are still active, but some have been killed by the several democrats that have chosen to go AWOL and hide in Illinois.

We need to begin planning for some activities for the 4th of July and other area festivals and pick a date for at least one big rally of our own this year.

Also, please plan to attend our state wide Tax-Day Tea party Rally at our state capital on Friday, April 15 Time: 5:00 - 6:30 pm EST Location: Indiana Statehouse, 200 West Washington Street, Indianapolis (West side). Several great speakers will be there.

---- Craig

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Local News:

Our Linton mayor Tom Jones died unexpectedly on March 3 after returning from a trip to Washington DC. He was finishing his last term of office and today his wife has been chosen to finish out his term. More:

There was a Owen County Tea Party meeting held in Spencer on Saturday evening and Mike Delph was the featured speaker. I was able to listen for part of the meeting and was very impressed with this Indiana State Senator. He has proposed some very good and tough legislation to help control the illegal immigration problem imposed on our state because the Fed is ignoring their Constitutional responsibility.

A town hall meeting was held in Loogottee with Rep. Mark Messmer, District 63, Rep. Matt Ubelhor District 62 and Sen. Lindel Hume District 48. There were many issues addressed but the majority of the time was on the school reforms and the missing democrat representatives that are preventing a quorum and halting all legislation. Many teachers and some union representatives were there along with a few Tea Party folks. Mr. Hume the democrat senator defended the Urbana Illinois Hoosier's in hiding. Fines are being imposed for each day they don't show up to work at the Indiana General Assembly.

The video link below is worth watching and sharing with others.

The End of the Beginning

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A Bit Of History and Observance:

From Greencastle Defenders of Liberty,

At about dawn on the 19th of April in the year 1775 a band of farmers stood their ground against the best army in the world. They were ordered to lay down their weapons and disperse. Heavily outnumbered, their leader, Captain John Parker, ordered them to disperse. As they began to drift away a shot was fired and then a full volley by the British. Eight Americans lay dead and more wounded. This was at a town called Lexington in Massachusetts.

The British marched on to the town of Concord where they had hoped to capture troublemakers Samuel Adams and John Hancock as well as confiscate the arms and ammunition they believed were stored there. Word of the early morning's events spread like wildfire and the Minutemen came from far and wide and assembled on a hill just outside of town. The British finished their search, destroyed what they found (most had been moved) and marched on the North Bridge where about 400 farmers waited. Warning shots were fired by the British but the militia held fast. Then the British Regulars fired a volley killing two. Instead of running the farmers fired back. This time the British fled. Back into the town they went, regrouped and then began marching back to Boston. They were fired upon and harassed all the way back, by farmers and citizens who had simply had enough. In the end, the British suffered 73 killed, 174 wounded and 26 missing. The Americans lost 49 killed, 39 wounded and 5 missing. A bunch of farmers had defeated an army looked upon as the best of the best. I cannot imagine what they felt that day. Knowing that they sent the British Regulars back to Boston in defeat, yet also knowing they would be back, stronger and more determined, to punish the farmers who had dared stand up to them.... First blood had been drawn......

In 1836 Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote a poem entitled "Concord Hymn" which I'm sure most of the Tea Party People have read, if not, please do. At the dedication of the monument at the site of the North Bridge on July 4th, 1837 it was sung as a hymn. The first stanza reads...

"By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled; Here once the embattled farmers stood; and fired the shot heard round the world."

And now the reason for this email. Since I went to my first Tea Party event on April 15, 2009 at the Indianapolis Statehouse I have been trying to come up with an idea that would encourage more people to read their history books. To learn about how this country was started. To become involved. In joining the Greencastle Defenders of Liberty I found many likeminded people. I have enjoyed greatly the programs and the bonds of friendship that have come from it and yet, I feel there should be, could be more. I have spoken to some of you about my thoughts of a once a month meeting not being enough to keep interest high. Maybe this idea will help....

April 19, 2011 will be the 236th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. This was the start of the American Revolution, the start of true Liberty and Freedom. The day when the farmers said "enough" and made their stand. In Massachusetts it is known as Patriots' Day, Maine also recognizes it and it is observed by school children statewide in Wisconsin. Why not Indiana? Why not by the Tea Party Groups? Do we not have the political "friends" who could make this happen in this state? How can anyone of any political party not want to recognize these brave farmers, the people who set us all free? In doing so it could serve as a testament to the Tea Party Movement of today, A rally point, an accomplishment, a day on the calendar that will bond us to those brave farmers. This could be a way, a reason, to bring the Tea Party groups in this state together for a common cause. Instead of always waving signs and protesting we could use this day to teach, to remember. Much like the Constitutional classes only more widespread. I find it hard to believe that Jim Baird, Richard Mourdock, Mike Pence, Mike Delph, Connie Lawson, Larry Bucshon, etc would not embrace this totally. How could they not? We have the people in the right places to get this done and we have the sentiment among the populous to push this forward. We only have to make this happen by planting the seed, emailing our representatives and elected officials, calling them and presenting the idea.... pushing the idea. I have no interest in this becoming a federal holiday where government workers get a paid day off, merely a day of observance that is always 0n the 19th day of April. A day of remembrance of those to whom we owe so much. I have no idea why this hasn't been done before now as this world changing event was nearly a year and three months prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Referring back to Captain John Parker, the head of the militia at Lexington, who said these words as the British Regulars were approaching them on the green:

"Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here."

I say "Let it begin HERE" in Indiana, with the Tea Party. Let's lead the way in getting this date and day put on our calendar for Indiana and who knows, maybe the entire country. Talk about positive credibility.....

What say you, my Patriot Friends? What say you........?

In Liberty,

Steve Stamper Greencastle Defenders of Liberty 765-653-8786

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