Brit Reacts to Angry Old Veteran vs. 700 Redcoats - Samuel Whittemore

[@FourFish47]

If this guy decided to teach high school history, nobody would miss class, NOBODY!

[@lorisahanson96]

For real though!

[@richardmartin9565]

He got some facts wrong.

[@fannybuster]

He'd get fired for his filthy mouth

[@YourLightning28]

@@richardmartin9565 Please inform

[@jonathancathey2334]

Nick "the Fat Electrician" is actually going to college for a history degree. Yes he absolutely destroys young woke classmates who have the opinion that "American Bad " in classroom debates. His words, not mine.

[@johnhelwig8745]

Samuel Whittemore lived to the age of 96 because of the aerobic activity from all that plowing... and all the prayers from his 185 family members.

[@kevinprzy4539]

just as the founding fathers intended.....

[@kevmoful]

@@BadRobot99word has it his wife was bow legged

[@TimVanLoan]

That and I think the devil may actually have been afraid of him.

[@garyregan7298]

I always thought it was because of ?his belief between right and wrong and Jesus Christ

[@kevmoful]

@@garyregan7298 sure living life with those ideals can lead to extended years . But his aerobic activity is more likely to. He plowed the field and planted the seed

[@Nitehawke]

Minutemen were literally just average citizens - farmers, butchers, blacksmiths, etc - who became a military force as needed. Most provided their own weapons and ammo and at this time there was no formal training. So when he says "2000 Minutemen show up", he means when shots were fired, the Minutemen throughout the area grabbed their weapons and converged. Most of them at this point probably weren't even divided into companies.

[@nadjasunflower1387]

yup...and if they were in some formal arrangement, it would have been based on the towns they were from. just local militias, and to your point. Nothing in the company size.

[@Nitehawke]

​@nadjasunflower1387 yeah, it wasn't until the war was under way that they would have been split into more organized companies under a more structured command and they didn't necessarily fight "locally" (as defined in the time of soldiers on foot or horses) but the distance they traveled was based on the travel modes of the day. Not much use to send a company on a 200 mile foot march for a current battle. They'd need local companies. They also probably figured, correctly to my mind, that men would be more willing to fight when their own properties, families and communities were directly threatened.

[@raymurray3401]

To add on to this further the reason the continental militia were called minutemen was because upon being summoned to fight they could supposedly be armed and ready to fight within a matter of minutes. As for the 2000 minutemen showing up to fight the British at concord, the thick black smoke from the numerous tons of military supplies being burned would’ve been visible from several miles and as all of the minutemen had already been alerted by the riders every one within the area showed up to fight.

[@garyregan7298]

Proud to be a minute man,

"Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except for a few public officers." ~George Mason

[@anlydaly5726]

Forget "GET OFF MY LAWN" old man Whittemore literally just woke up and said "GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY" 😂

[@kraduate]

I'm from Arlington and have never heard this story told this way. Wish I had a history teacher breathe this kind of life into these stories.

[@fannybuster]

But without the filthy language

[@M-S_4321]

​@@fannybusterReal history was created with filthy language even if it's last words were mommy.

[@jacquesstrapp3219]

@@fannybuster Strong men use strong language. Don't be a pantywaist.

[@fannybuster]

Filth Language should never be tolerated @@jacquesstrapp3219

[@DarkKatzy013]

​@@fannybusterdon't lack a spine then ???

[@George-bv3dx]

Remember the reaction to, "Hey, we just took this city with like 8 guys, we're taking Tripoli next. Can you send more guys?" You asked where we get these Marines from. They were cut from the same cloth as Samuel Whittemore.

[@marianclough8577]

Beautifully said.

[@lorisahanson96]

Now you Brits understand the American mentality. This guy was the personification of good old American grit

[@AlanMandragonKing]

They're grandfather's already knew,in fact they were literally praying for us to show up. Then when we did thanks to Japan the Brits celebrated and knew they had already won the war.

[@lorisahanson96]

@@AlanMandragonKing true but I'm talking about today's Brits who don't read history and wonder at the American can do attitude.

[@mr_h831]

​@@lorisahanson96Statistics actually show that Americans are becoming increasingly pessimistic at an accelerated rate, so the uh, can do is kinda going away and very quickly. The only way it comes back is out of necessity. As in people won't survive without it.

[@IamGreatsword]

@@mr_h831 Thank You Marxism and hippie commie types taking over the school system today's American is nigh useless

[@jacquesstrapp3219]

@@mr_h831 Statistics on pessimism? You can't quantify an attitude.

[@mdejesus91890]

According to an inflation calculator, £1000 in 1765 would be about £146,000 today.

[@kevinprzy4539]

what I read is it would be around 244,000 pounds (it was in 1763)

[@BeboRulz]

ANY time you have this guy on I'll watch 💯 🤣

[@alinettesawyer3658]

He was the definition of a supersoldier before a super soldier was a thing❤

[@JohnJBrowne11209]

Dr. Erskine probably used his blood to make the serum

[@fannybuster]

A Dragoon is basically a "Horse Soldier" They can dismount and fight on the ground whereas Calvary soldier stays, fights on the horse usually with sword

[@lost8099]

There's a really good song called Horse soilder by corb Lund. Anyone reading this should check it it out

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

Yep, my Great x3 Grandfather fought in the Civil War. He had 2 horses and 4 Red Cross nurses shot out from under him. 😉

[@kimstyles5842]

Thanks for the information about a Dragoon

[@fannybuster]

@@kimstyles5842 You're welcome

[@richardmartin9565]

I lived in Arlington and know the house. It's in Arlington Center and I doubt there were any woods at that time since wood was used for everything. Being in the center of town, he had help. As for the 2000 in Concord, Paul Revere was one of 3 riders. Most of the Boston area was deforestation then, so travel was faster. The Minutemen were the Militia (each town had a militia and Concord is surrounded by several towns) who were obliged to come to the aid of their neighbors, so during the day the militias converged on Concord. The British had to fight about 15 miles back to Boston. This is one reason we have a 2nd Amendment. As citizens, we own our government. If the government decides it wants to own us, they are mistaken.

[@FourFish47]

No, they own you. Lol

[@YourLightning28]

@@FourFish47 You ain't wrong

[@kimkacer782]

Yeah, NOW it's 'in the center of town', back then... I doubt it was even in town, maybe the outskirts of town.

[@noktumwhatever753]

The government actually sees your child as property from the moment they're born now. Things have changed a lot. Thought I don't fully doubt the ability of the people to actually stand up if things get problematic enough. Contrary to what people think, things aren't bad enough yet. If the people had to dismantle and rebuild the government, it would be an INCREDIBLY messy and violent process that would lead to A LOT of death. It would be worse than the civil war was, much much worse. But it could still be done, and may one day be necessary. But we aren't there yet.

[@UseByDate-Expired]

The second amendment is only one sentence, and that sentence says we have the right to bear arms to defend the government, not fight it. But some people are too stupid to understand what "being necessary to the security of a free State", means. They also ignore the words "well regulated" , in that single sentence of the 2nd amendment.

[@Northbravo]

In case you didn't know Nick (TFE) is going to college to get a masters in history

[@Yuki_Ika7]

I think he will do great!

[@georgemiller9401]

Nice bump/dentside !

[@tombower450]

This guy is an amazing storyteller. Hearing him tell all his stories makes me even more proud to be an American!

[@devbeast9762]

My favorite reaction channel. You deserve all the recent success!

[@bethboldman8314]

I know I'm a broken record, but you need to check out the fat electrian's story about Sgt Reckless!!😮

[@WinsomeWinslet]

Two days from now is the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Nice timing.

[@joshuaortiz2031]

Isn't the anniversary later this year?

[@petuniafuzz9083]

One of my ancestors from that time had been knighted for his service to the king during the French and Indian War (according to my mother 🧐 I haven't found anything about that in writing). Later he and his sons fought against the Redcoats during the Revolutionary War. Those people were indeed big time plowmen. They had large families, of course, not all survived childhood. The biggest family that I have found in my background involved twenty-one children from the same husband and wife. 😱 That is a miracle for a woman to go through all that and live in the 1700s, even if some of them were multiples. Pregnancy was very risky business for mother and child.

[@kimkacer782]

Yeah, my grandfather had 14 siblings, but he was born in 1919, so his dad would have been born in the late 1800's so...that was 100 years prior (roughly).

[@revgurley]

Another reason to look into Schoolhouse Rock. One is called "The Shot Heard Round The World," as mentioned in the video. But there are several about American history.

[@AutumnKnights]

December 16th this year will be the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Long Live Liberty 🇺🇸 it would be cool if you did a video review of the Boston tea party on that day. Probably not a Brit’s favorite American holiday 😂 but it would be cool.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

Agreed (as long as we are talking about the original and not the modern far-right leaning movement)

[@richardmartin9565]

Having lived in Arlington and worked in Lexington, I knew several descendants of that time.

[@TheShiskebob]

I loved this reaction! More of Fat electrician! Also, you should check out the miniseries "Sons of Liberty" for a cool view of the lead up to Samuel Whittemores standoff time period.

[@JonDoe-t8f]

This kite literally went to war for sightseeing and to get some cool memorabilia, legendary man right there!!

[@The_Don_Beverage]

Dude is the immaculate physical manifestation of " I got that dog in me"

[@jaydoverspike1423]

You need to check out Audie Murphy from Farmersville Texas.

[@nanovox9418]

12:20 The more conflict escalates, the more of us show up.

[@nanovox9418]

First, it is a platoon, then it's a battalion, then it's an army.

[@jstringfellow1961]

He was (and is, as he was a Christian and he still lives) an amazing man. We need more Patriots like him. The good news is that the Redcoats are no longer the enemy.

[@2012escapee1]

Since you're afraid of bears, look up badass mountain man Hugh Glass. For a double badass mountain man check out John Colter and his 90 mile naked death run.

[@greggwilliamson]

Great story and reaction!! The "Chubby Electron Dude" has some funny shit!!

[@juliemilholin1557]

We had no military yet...that's we're 2000 volunteers came.

[@vincemac2223]

If he had told me he not only lived another 13 years but also had 7 more kids, I would just nod cause it makes sense. Why not this guy is a legend. It's due to Americans like this that we remember and all those we don't remember that have fought and died for our country, that we get so angry when our vets or flag are disrespected. A Patriot remembers.

[@mikeybarber393]

Imagine being so badass you live 30 years past the avg life span after being shot in the face and stabbed repeatedly. More so when infections were so prominent back then

[@tihorog349]

so glad u found this dude XD

[@CowpokeCannoneer]

He literally lived up to the quote “too angry to die”

[@AmbrosiaR]

This guy is such a good storyteller. Thank you for introducing his channel to me.

[@sylviamiller9956]

What is the storyteller’s name?

[@AmbrosiaR]

@@sylviamiller9956 The channel name is TheFatElectrician

[@shanesmith2853]

That's some of the best storytelling I've ever heard

[@Flash_Flood44]

The Fat Electrician has so many great stories.

[@theredcelt627]

I heard the story of Samuel Whittemore years ago, around the same time I got my 4Runner. I loved the story so much, and was so impressed with the man’s resilience, I named my 4Runner after him to hopefully pass on some of the toughness.

[@kevinosuna4484]

Just so you know, some parts of the video is from the film 'the patriot'. Pretty cool movie :p

[@noktumwhatever753]

Whittemore is an absolute legend, and a big part of why American culture developed the way it did. He embodied the "will to fight," that our people have always had and that is drilled into the heads of our military members.

[@BouillaBased]

Not to completely undermine his achievement of living so long, life expectancy was skewed downward by high levels of infant and child mortality.

[@bcd2107]

That and a tiny cut or even pimple could lead to an infection that was deadly due to the lack of antibiotics and medical knowledge. It's amazing that anyone survived getting shot, led alone having a limb amputated/sawn off. There were no weak men or women in those days because it was literally survival of the fittest and people that had asthma, allergies or any genetically inherited problems didn't survive long enough to pass those traits along.

[@LycanFerret]

​@@bcd2107 For anyone in the modern era that may have genetically inherited problems, I found the cure. As in it feels as though my genes rewrote themselves in a single year. Growing up I had terrible allergies, I was allergic basically to air because dog dander, pollen, dust, smoke, etc. caused my allergies. I had asthma 24/7, and constant gut issues from the age of 2. I was always anxious, crying, and depressed over everything. My nails were clear and yellow and my teeth had 8 cavities by the age of 13 with lost enamel already and I brushed everyday. My limbs were always numb or burning and I was in agony all the time, but blood results came back normal. No diabetes, hormones normal, vitamins normal, minerals normal. Doctors didn't understand and neither did I. I was essentially dying before adulthood for almost no discernible reason. Cut by age 14 where I was trying new things to try and understand what was happening to me, and to 15 where I went to the deep end. I eliminated every food from my diet but beef, lamb, pork, bacon, milk, and cheese. In a week my teeth were pure white and no longer yellow, 2 weeks my weird neuropathy was gone, 3 weeks my gut was regular and painless for the first time and my mind was free - no more anxiety nor depression at all, 1 month my nails were solid white and stronger than my teeth, 2 months and my libido was sky high and my period perfectly regular and no longer heavy - plus 100% pain free, 3 months and my muscle mass skyrocketed - I went from having 70lbs of lean mass to 105lbs, 4 months my energy was back and my hair was growing so fast I had to trim it every other day, 6 months and my face was symmetrical for the first time in my life, 1 year and my allergies and asthma vanished, 2 years and I could walk outside in snow naked and barefoot for hours and exercise in 110°F weather in heavy black clothes, 6 years later and while I no longer notice any more benefits(seem to have stopped after 2 years, although my dentist hasn't seen anything wrong with my teeth since I started this back when I was 15, I keep getting "wow your teeth/blood work/vitals are perfect, keep doing whatever you are, it is working"), I sure don't feel like a "regular" human anymore. I imagine this is how our hunting ancestors felt. As a big plus I am 165lbs at 5'1" with solid cut abs. Huge. Built like a truck. A far cry from the 106lbs 14 year old with a flabby belly and wiggly arms. As a plus I even spent 2 years of that time living like a cavewoman. I didn't shower, I drank random stream water, didn't brush my teeth, and ate only raw meat(beef, pork, fish, liver, surstromming). I was trying to mimic cavemen for some reason. 16-17 year old me was a weirdo. But nothing happened. No infection, no stomach issues, no teeth rot. I was smelly, but once I went back to normal showering habits that fixed itself. Lmao. So, as a word of wisdom to all who may be suffering from modern illnesses. Consume red meat and dairy, and fuck plants. Plants are poison, not food. They hate you, they hate your genes, they hate your teeth, they hate your descendents, they hate your fertility, they hate your life. Or as I like to say, you aren't a proper human if you eat plants. Let your genes express themselves the way they have always wanted to.

[@bobprivate8575]

Yeah, too many people don't get that. Low infant mortality rates have a direct correlation with long average life expectancy.

[@marooner-martin]

I was gonna say the same thing, the way the number is formulated is really misleading

[@jonathonfrazier6622]

I guessed he had 182 descendants by this point. Pretty damn close.

[@aaronh736]

I love the conclusion of a 78? year old man telling the entire british empire to get off his lawn

[@mermaidmersea7113]

I was born in Massachusetts and I have never heard of him, my school has failed me!

[@swiftmatic]

@ 15:05, he was slowing down their retreat, giving his homies time to catch up to the fight. If that won't get you into Valhalla, nothing will

[@glencalhoun9544]

How absolutely crazy is it to see where we came from and who we started our country as and then compare them to who this country is now as a population and as the leaders of this once great nation!!!

[@AliciaHudson-ui6dh]

This is my favorite You Tuber that you react to, thank you!!

[@ladyvixsen]

Talk about big families 😅 I was 17 when my great grandma Campbell died at 97 years old. In her obituary she had 227 living descendants. That was 22 years ago! We have a family reunion every year and I’ve had people stop and ask if it was a carnival/ county fair 😂🤣

[@Blahblah-m8l]

I watched a movie based on this guy... I think it was called "predator" 😂 what a bad ass!

[@joshbottube]

I’m enjoying these history reactions- that guy is a such an entertaining storyteller

[@HillbillyUp]

What a guy, thanks for sharing

[@Scott_Burton]

The term minutemen came from the concept of "you get word of conflict, be ready in a minute to respond" they were men ready to "drop everything and go to war, when it comes, but otherwise carrying on their daily lives. If it looks like the British are burning the city, no one has to tell them "get ready" they just dropped what they were doing, grabbed their guns and went to meet up with others. *that* is where 2,000 minutemen came from. Brittain wasn't overly popular at the time, so most of them were watching for a sign that taking up arms was called for.

[@anklebiterwoodworks2818]

This is the literal precursor, the inspiration of the man in WWII known as the Unkillable Soldier! Quote: "I rather enjoyed the war." Best line was the closed caption "plowing his wife"....LOL Awesome!

[@rohan1970b]

I love this video. Glad you checked it out.

[@thecoon3193]

One thing he didn't mention surprisingly is that Sam was found trying to reload his musket

[@LAMan394]

I went to war in my 50s. But that's nothing compared to him. This guy is my hero. Definitely a true badass.

[@the_dog_says_moo]

The reason the average age of death is lower in the past is because of higher death rate amongst infants and children. Once a person got to be in their teens, they most likely made it to their 70s or 80s

[@yulfine1688]

Dude had a whole anime protagnist story line and everything hot damn. Hahahaha i entirely forgot about him

[@GUENILLA]

story teller and subject are awesome, but you....... content sharer, are top dude..love to have a pint with you. never disappoint. Good stuff Bro.

[@nymbattheeternal1279]

The very embodiment of "Too angry to Die."

[@Glittersword]

The smoke alerted more minutemen from other towns and farms from further away.

[@paulturner4898]

And this is why the second amendment is so important to Americans.

[@Cody38Super]

These are the men we can't grow enough of!! The only reason he wasn't born in Texas is because we didn't exist yet !

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

I’m starting to think this man is what created all Texans

[@Cody38Super]

@@Catherine.Dorian. I'd like to think he was the mold. Perhaps some of his 900 kids and grandkids were early colonizers of our great state! He should be appointed an honorary Texan!

[@bcd2107]

And by his standards modern day Texas would be considered a tyrannical hell hole.

[@kevinprzy4539]

nah, this guy is a true New Englander, he would have been a modern day Bostonian.

[@brianstuchel8021]

​@@kevinprzy4539I'm nowhere near New England, but I agree.

[@ericholbrook1733]

There's something in the water over here. The paternal side of my family first set foot on the new world in 1620 in Massachusetts. I can trace my direct ancestry on this continent back to 1660. My family has fought every conflict/war since. I can trace the paternal side of my family back to 868 in England. My ancestors fought in every one of your wars until they didn't. My father comes from a family of 10 kids, 4 brothers, and 5 sisters. I served 24 years in our military. There's something in the water over here...

[@brendadickenson3547]

The Boston Tea Party! He is like my family! Mom'died at95, her dad was 86 but he had cancer, her cousin

[@brendadickenson3547]

was 102 and I remember grandma Moses who was my grand uncle mom who wore a long black skirt and blouse with long sleeves big boots and smoked a corn cob pipe after supper! I'm 73 in 2 days, born with a few things wrong, corrected what we could with surgery, had cancer, in remission, on a walker, but my mind is full of histody, I was geriatric nurse, than when my husband died I worked retail sales, then made ordnances , retired took care of mom so now just exist doing this. Mountain men, farmers that work sun up to sun down...don't go down easy!

[@bostons_departed3631]

The fact that Lobsterbacks was offensive to them back then 😂😂😂

[@StormTroopaKoopa]

The real "Man literally too angry to die". Eat your heart out Doom Guy.

[@appo9357]

5:49 it’s about £245,000 now.

[@billfilios2677]

Ok, the road the British were marching along on their way back to Boston is called Mass Ave. I actually go right past Samuel Whittemore's house every day on my way to work. Good video, but I did want to point out a couple of things; one of the reasons it took time for all the colonists to arrive in such numbers is Paul Revere wasn't the only rider sending out word to the country side, there were other riders. So, many of the colonist warned had to march some distance themselves to engage the British military column. What's more Paul Revere and the other riders wouldn't have been warning that "the British are coming" as they at that time also considered themselves British. The warning was "The Regulars are Coming".

[@jacquelinecallejas1390]

I learned that from the tv show Sleepy Hollow. Ichabod Crane having been alive then is annoyed that anyone would think Paul Revere or the others would say the British were coming and explained things to the female protagonist

[@ckokkola1]

He was wrong about the 'Shot heard around the world'. He said that it came from the American side. Actually it is unknown which side and who shot it.

[@sdivine13]

We all know it was a protomarine

[@davidcopple8071]

This Whitmore guy is a badass deluxe. The two advantages that the average American soldier had over the average British soldier besides fighting on their lands that most knew better than any British person possibly could have was firstly. That in Britain only the elite had access to firearms. And only the elite were allowed to go hunting. The average Brit could have been hanged for poaching the Kings game animals. So basically the average British man was not well versed in the use of firearms. Contrast that to the average American man , and his sons mostly who during the one hundred and seventy six years of British rule In America were taught to use a firearm at an early age and little boys would often go out hunting and bring back meat to put on the table. So many Americans grew up using firearms almost on a daily basis from childhood to adulthood. Giving the average American soldier a huge advantage over their British counterparts. Then there was the fact that because the average American grew up eating vastly more meat than the average British person. Due to the wildly plentiful amount of wild game available to every American. And without any regulations on hunting at all. Over generations the average American grew up taller, stronger and more resilient than the average British person. Diet had a huge roll in the difference in health as well. The generally healthier American soldiers. Had a grate immune system because of their more robust diet.

[@mymessymidlifecrisis]

I have never heard this story this should be in the history books.

[@jerryfick613]

Important context to remember. The American Revolution was not solely about taxes. The cry of the revolution was "no taxation without representation". The colonies demanded that if they were to support the king's wars and expeditions, they should have representatives in parliament to vote on them. The Crown and parliment refused to give the colonies seats but continued to levy taxes on them. This was the primary disagreement that led the colonies to separate themselves from the empire. It is also the glaring difference between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. The southern states had representation in congress and the house, but they could still see an end to slavery would come to pass. Refusing to accept an end to this barbaric way of life, the confederate states revolted to preserve slavery.

[@paulshipley6735]

GET OFF MY LAWN! Best line. God loved him and the Devil was afraid of him

[@Rastafaustian]

There's something about the citizen farmer-soldier fighting under a republic.

[@hahathatswhatshesaid]

Metric leaf water! LOL

[@mattjohnson2667]

The 2000 minutemen were a militia, mostly made up of farmers and frontiersmen. Imagine the US national guard had a child with a armed angry mob. That was the original militia, their formal training was questionable, their weapons as questionable, their gear was questionable, tactics, strategy, leadership, all questionable at best. So, if you see a lot of fat Americans LARPing with military weapons and gear it is literally a local custom because it is not stupid if it works.

[@everypitchcounts4875]

Wouldn't that be the State Guard

[@Just_A_Random_Desk]

"Military weapons and gear" lmao

[@AlanMandragonKing]

​@@everypitchcounts4875No it's literally the National Guard and they were formally organized in the early 1900s

[@kdrapertrucker]

National guard is not the militia, you do not enlist in militia, the militia is the people. So when you hear politicians bad mouthing the militia, and hey are bad mouthing you.

[@kihouou1295]

The fact that they had 10 kids in that time period where pregnancy could go massively wrong on a regular, the wife is amazing as well.

[@robwalls6057]

In my lifetime I have met people like him. Some people are just built differently and refuse to die.

[@hiSPACEmango]

This guy is awesome

[@TerriLynn714]

USA USA USA 😂 love ya Brits ❤

[@SeanSandberg-j3q]

Samuel Whittemore: America's original bad-ass.

[@asunuk1368]

This man was like maul in the clone wars literally too angry to die.

[@05dturner]

Fun fact: Paul Revere didn't ride all that long to warn that the British were coming. He got all the credit, but most of the ride was done by a man named Israel Bissell. Feel free to fact check my spelling.

[@lonewanderer2277]

This man was sent by God himself to make sure America won. I wish I heard this in school. God bless Samuel Whittemore. I might name my son after the biggest American legend to ever live.

[@ric2097]

Nonsense..he was impressive fellow for sure...but it was him not some fictional diety...why do you people need a " God " ..to account/explain everything ?...If you think a person needs a God to be a good person...then your not a good person...we can understand the right vs wrong...kindness , empathy on our own without some perceived higher power...Ridiculous

[@rolandovelez7666]

I don’t know what to say 🤦🏽‍♂️ this guy is absolutely amazing

[@Robert-yh9jq]

My ancestor who was 69 years old at Lexington and the 78 Man claimed he fired the shot heard round the world

[@dianecomly6132]

I love all of these "underdog" early America stories.

[@anakatrien2463]

That dude was born with a major set of rocks in his pockets 😸 giggles

[@whatbroicanhave50character35]

Brother some people are just built outta different stuff than you and I. My grandmother had 8 children. Survived an alcoholic husband who passed away in the 80s from cancer, and had to bury 3 of her children before she passed. She wasn't a drinker herself but smoked a couple packs of orange or blue pall malls every single day for nearly 80 years. She passed of old age at 92. I think it took so long because even god had a hard time to figure out a way to take her down. Lady was made of pure steel.

[@sylviamiller9956]

First time I’ve heard this story! Amazing

[@MrRavager420]

yo when you trying that cheese in a can?

[@LastoftheMofreakins]

😂😂😂 Thus Whitmore guy is a fuckin D&D Character. Just going face first into the murder and loot storm.

[@robertschwartz4810]

This was so great!

[@CarlDalach-px4cj]

My great grandfather would ride off to war every time one came up.

[@raymondw.4484]

Think he might have taken quite a bit of coke before waiting on that stone wall for Brit’s. Must have felt like eternity for him waiting 😂

[@marooner-martin]

9:30-9:36 was genuinely pure fuckin gold

[@christoneymobile]

To answer your question, 1000 pounds in 1763, would now be worth £248,620.40 or €290,265.01, in America it would be worth $312,539.95. Ergo, a hefty sum for a farmer.

[@dylandepetro4187]

There is probably more people related to Samual Whittemore living here in the states than there are people with germanic or roman heritage living over there in the UK.

[@SmokePoppa]

Just adding a note; Samuel Whittmore's house is supposed to be haunted with people reporting his ghost appears as a full apparition.

[@barnsaresafeyup584]

Old man is farming legendaries.

[@DarkKatzy013]

My thoughts exactly