What is a minuteman

What is a minuteman?

Today’s minuteman is a little different than what they used to be. A minuteman is someone who is willing to fight at a minutes notice. It is someone who is willing to stand up for the freedoms and liberties of this great land.

“Minuteman- an armed man read to fight in a minute's notice before and during the Revolutionary War. Not to be confused with members of colonial militia, minutemen rarely drilled on a regular basis, as required of members of local community militias. Until the battle of Concord, they fought only when needed in conflicts against the Indians near their homes. In some communities the minutemen were part of their community militia but had a different set of responsibilities than those of regular militia.” (http://videoindex.pbs.org/resources/liberty/primary/gloss.html)

“Minutemen were members of teams of select men from the American colonial militia during the American Revolutionary War. They provided a highly mobile, rapidly deployed force that allowed the colonies to respond immediately to threats (hence the name). The Minutemen were among the first people to fight in the American Revolution. These teams constituted about a fourth of the entire militia, and generally were the younger and more mobile, serving as part of a network for early response. Minuteman and Sons of Liberty member Paul Revere spread the news that "the British are coming." Paul Revere was captured before completing his mission when the British marched towards the arsenal in Lexington and Concord to collect the weapons stored there.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuteman )