European Reacts: Angry Old Veteran vs. 700 Redcoats - Samuel Whittemore

[@european-reacts]

Feel free to hit the like button and subscribe for more content. I would also love to hear your suggestions for future reactions-drop them in the comments below!🙏

[@tHEdANKcRUSADER]

👍 Pedro Francisco; the "Giant of the American Revolution," was a Portuguese-born American patriot and soldier in the American Revolutionary War. He did acts during the war that Strongest Men In The World still ATTEMPT to do, I think you would like to react to any video about this great Portuguese American

[@FurtherOdysseys]

Peter Fransico was the original André The Giant!!!

[@gk5891]

I hear Portugal is at least considering the F35? Good luck with purchase negotiations with Lockheed Martin and JPO-DoD. I can't imagine Portugal having any issue getting approval from the US State Department.

[@dondean8114]

If you liked that one watch the one about Cassius Clay, and no its not about Muhammad Ali

[@GloriousShiva42]

European Reacts: To the night Osama Bin-Laden was killled. The baseball one.

[@gk5891]

He really doesn't have any bad stories. Just do what you feel like that day. "The US Navy's Unluckiest Ship with an Untouchable Crew" is a hilarious story.

[@troybachtelle99]

I second that request, that's a funny one.

[@MIKE_F44]

Great story

[@bugvswindshield]

its soooo funny ! and epic at the same time!

[@raymurray3401]

Honestly I wish TFE would cover the Soviet fleet from around the same time period that was essentially take the unluckiest ship story and increase it from 1 ship to an entire naval fleet. It’s honestly still one of the funniest story’s I’ve ever heard about.

[@murderofcrows5089]

The Willie D that poor ship

[@jamesweible5357]

He lived to see the country he fought to create become free, and then lived long enough to enjoy it. Such a wild story.

[@johndeeregreen4592]

That's what entered my mind. He lived long enough to know his actions weren't in vane.

[@Steve-318]

Ben Franklin had 16 siblings; the colonists were very prolific. He was the 15th out of 17, hard to believe isn't it.

[@lianabaddley8217]

My Mom is the 10th out of 12 kids. My mom had 7 kids. I have over 100 first cousins. It can get a little crazy. Lol

[@Steve-318]

@@lianabaddley8217 Wow, I think it's a great blessing.

[@lianabaddley8217]

@@Steve-318 it is. I meant, crazy fun! Although I did have to warn my oldest daughter. She had a friend starting in Jr High with the last name. Oddly he was not related.

[@ronniemaclaine5234]

My mother was one of 14. I'm one of nine.

[@lianabaddley8217]

@@ronniemaclaine5234 while I have 3 kids. I do have a couple of sisters who kept going. One has 8, 7 girls. Yes I always do the fingers because 7 girls. Lol BIL made sure at least the dog was male. He now has 5 grandsons, 1 granddaughter. And not all are old enough to even be thinking of dating. Lol another sister has 6 kids. The rest of us kept to 3 or 4. Which felt right for us.

[@rg20322]

I grew up a mile outside of Boston and lived in Arlington for a few years and visited this site. I knew some of the stories but totally blown away by the history of Samuel Whittemore, it's mind boggling!

[@ronniemaclaine5234]

Everyone seems not to get that life expectancy and lifespan are two different things. Life expectancy can be change by disease or death by childbirth. Lifespan has pretty much remained constant. If you survived the disease or not dying at birth you would probably live to be 70, 80, or even 90 years old.

[@JonathanH1253]

You should react to sergeant reckless by the fat electrician, sergeant reckless was a horse and she was a Korean War hero for her actions helping the US Marines.

[@nadjasunflower1387]

was reading comments to see if anyone mentioned this one. Love FTE's stories...but Sgt Reckless is probably my Fav. Sgt. Reckless nomination...seconded. 😁

[@nolabratteig988]

She is a marine.

[@JonathanH1253]

@@nolabratteig988 was a marine* if you're going to correct me, do it right, she's dead, so you need to use past tense when referring to her.

[@nolabratteig988]

@JonathanH1253 wasnt correcting just adding to.

[@JonathanH1253]

@@nolabratteig988 well still, use proper grammar man. 😂

[@sarahberke7194]

My grandmother had 10 children 9 girls and 1 son. Her cousin Cleo died on her 109th birthday. At the age of 102 my cousin took her up in a hot balloon and she loved it. ❤😊 I enjoy your reactions very much.

[@rohan1970b]

this is my favorite fat electrician video to date. (Although I love most of them, he's a great story teller). If you want another suggestion, try when american stole a german submarine and stuck it in Chicago. Last Warchief suggested by zgwilley below is also a good one.

[@nutsaboutjapan1981]

I vote for reacting to his video Grand Theft U-Boat next to continue the theme of learning how awesome the US Navy is. Proves not only should no one be dumb enough to mess with our boats but we can certainly mess with anyone else's if we really want to as well. 😂

[@ElizabethRoss-uj8rl]

My great-great-grandfather (1821 -- 1896) was a farmer and a preacher. He had 4 children by his first wife, and 11 by his second. My genealogical research has located (so far) over 100 grandchildren and at least 254 great-grandchildren, one of which was my father (1909 -- 1967). That makes a big bunch of cousins!

[@chriskuzianik9507]

14:48- "...but this is what having 10 kids will do to you." My friend, you just earned a subscriber 😂😂😂😂😂

[@LucyWillis-j2e]

The checking for 10 windows for 10 kids on the house at the end made me smile. Smart. That kind of curiosity used to apply logic was a skill sought out by some of the best spies in history. Ever watch Inglorious Bastards? There's a scene where a guy's cover is blown when he seemingly does nothing wrong. What he did do in fact was use a hand signal not native to whom he was pretending to be. The enemy immediately picked up on this mistake. Such a seemingly small detail can be life or death. Another great example of this in practice is in the movie Taken, when during the abduction, he stays calm and says to shout everything she sees while she can. All that extra information became vital for her recovery. Even small details. Anyways.....great job noticing that detail :)

[@andorastorm1000]

Limping Lady and SSgt Reckless two ladies who made history! A spy ( Limping Lady) and a horse ( SSgt Reckless) 😊❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

[@M7S4I5L8V2A]

You should watch his video "The Last War Chief Joe Medicine Crow". It's about a native American dude who joins WW2 and gets the title of war chief by completing various tasks his tribe has for gaining the title.

[@jameswells554]

I was in tears at your reaction to Mr. Whitemore's response as to how he had acquired his war trophies. I'm pretty sure his reply went down as hard then as it does now.

[@Berts-pets]

André, why do you always have to tell your friends about these stories you share? They should be watching your reviews. 😂

[@rondohunter8966]

I've seen this video before...actually all of them. However this time I did catch something that I missed previously. I believe it was a historian I saw on t.v. who said that Samuel Adams would not have been yelling "The British are coming!" because the colonists themselves were still British citizens. But I get the point: The colonists would have differentiated themselves from the British military seeing them as opposing occupiers.

[@catherinegivens1570]

I love grand theft u-boat! One of my absolute favorites! Love you video! I really enjoy seeing your reactions cuz they kind of mirrored my own!

[@jburnett8152]

I have never heard of this patriot. Samuel Whittemore was a true revolutionary hero.

[@an_anishinaabe_son]

Dragoon is not calvary. Dragoon is "mounted infantry".

[@brendanrisney2449]

I heavily suggest the last warchief for your next video on him- it's an amazing story that everybody should know.

[@TheGelatinousSnake]

Yeah… absolutely American but I’d be too ashamed to show too much pride for this man. The man was simply built different and is due more respect than we can give him. We are proud for him and I hope we can make Sam proud of us. 🫡

[@kaelhyun2401]

Don't be ashamed to show pride in him. Never be ashamed to show pride in people like this instead Live to try to live up to their Legacy.

[@TheGelatinousSnake]

@@kaelhyun2401 meant to say something more like I would say “Id be to ashamed to claim pride of him” as in we can claim no responsibility for producing him, he was just built different. But we are certainly proud for him and we cannot give him enough respect. Im am proud OF my children but I am proud FOR him.

[@RwandaBob]

i mean the thing is if your ancestors were poor farmers in america they had tons of kids every generation of my family, and every part of my family has been in the americas since at least the 1700s, mostly since the 1600s. the first generation of my family on any side to have parents with less than 8 children was my great grandparents. that one grandparents is 1 of 4, but all my other grandparents are 1 of 14, 1 of 12, and one of 9. my dad is an only child as well as myself, and my mom is 1 of 3. so in essence, almost all rural americans had that many kids until the 1950s at least here in the south

[@herbertliedel7019]

The gun the Fat Electrician picked up off the couch is a musket of the type used at the time of the revolutionary war. It is probably an English Brown Bess or French flintlock style. Showing the gun in the video he can write off the purchase price for his business taxes. He does this quite often.

[@PurplePanda1105]

Your reaction to how he acquired the weapons literally made me laugh out loud!!😂 Enjoying your Fat Electrician reactions!! He is an outstanding storyteller!! Thanks!!

[@carolynm3523]

I love that he tells us about unknown heroes that should be known but have never been heard of him. I could watch all day, but I waited for your reactions and to give you the "watches & likes & comments"

[@carolburnett190]

This story is awesome! And it’s one I had never heard. These quirky stories are one of the reasons I love history so much. Thanks, Andre!

[@adampotter9462]

His video on "The Eager Beavers & their custom B-17" is definitely worth a watch

[@MIKE_F44]

My second favorite after Cassius Clay

[@PM-eo3lo]

I wish this guy was my history teacher. So vivid and exciting story telling!

[@LWolf12]

A good story to tell your friends is about USS Laffey, Fat Eletrician did a video on it as well and it's pretty crazy.

[@zgwilley]

you should check out The Last War Chief by fat electrician

[@thesimplesaguaro]

Indeed! This was a great one!

[@Alex-dh2cx]

His video on the ghost of bataan is good as well

[@blake7587]

He is wrong about one thing. The shot is not known to have been from the American side. No one knows which side fired first.

[@christopherlane5238]

During that time, having ten kids was a blessing, not a burden. Thats a lot of hands for chores and manual labor around the property. The more kids you had, the more chance you were going to be comfortable when you get old.

[@digitaldynamic3476]

I think You would appreciate the story of Sergeant Reckless by The Fat Electrician 🥰

[@cp368productions2]

Samuel Whitmore having 10 kids isn't really of note, my family goes back to 1635 in New England and the majority of the families in the 17th and 18th century had 6-12 children. One of my ancestors was part of that force that chased the British past where Sam would have made his stand.

[@lurkingedge]

Try his videos on the USS Laffey, USS Nevada, USS Texes, and especially the USS Barb.

[@Cjbman]

React to "the green beret that went on a one man rampage to save his comrades" next. :)

[@richardmartin9565]

Samuel Whitmore was my neighbor. I lived in Arlington about 1/2 mile of his house. There were no birth certificates back then.

[@jameswells554]

Records of Births and Deaths within a Community were kept in two places, the Local Church and the Family Bible.

[@mitchellwaters0706]

Watch...him doing...sergeant reckless...the marine war horse from the Korean war...I think you'll like it..62 year old former marine from south carolina...loved your reaction reaction

[@1stTrickiwoo]

I can't find where you reacted to Sgt. Reckless the Marine war horse. Have you reacted to that one? It's hilarious and inspirational!

[@veronicamorgan9029]

Awesome video!

[@MitchVerslappin]

Love the content. Your English is fantastic!

[@Dragoncurse4]

Would really love to see you react to his Berlin Airlift story.

[@Charlee1776]

Please do more of his stuff, they are all great so take your pick really!

[@jameshughes1947]

Sir, I enjoy your content keep up the good work

[@DanielGrigg-d2n]

One of my ancestors! Edit : he was a PRIVATE during King Georges War. Became Captain during the French Indian War. MUSTANG.

[@qhunt317]

Hey anything could happen I got shot in my face 3 times and was blessed to speak about it 🙏🏾

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

One thing, they didn’t say “the British are coming…” because they still considered themselves British. They said “the RED coats are coming”. Just a side note/fact. Great reaction though!

[@Mark_Bayer]

‘Murica 🇺🇸🦅

[@jeffreystanley7884]

This guy is one of the beasts we learn (I grew up near there)about as kids. Americans are not all this way of course but we have a lot of us who are bad asses who are patriotic and will always choose to die on our feet rather then live one day on our knees. I have been there a few times.

[@pharmgirl1955]

Great video. I don't remember learning this in school. But the teachers and books were certainly not as entertaining as this guy and your reaction. You also have to realize, these farmers with all these kids had to be a good marksman to feed them. Where I live, everyone is armed farmers and others, even this old granny. I would not hesitate to take up arms for what I believe is right.

[@tonyaawessome]

American history is fascinating - but the individual stories of these early Americans is sometimes unbelievable. A lot of grit and determination!

[@Atheos-1]

Exaggeration too.

[@tonyaawessome]

@@Atheos-1 I suspect that’s all of human history but some stuff you can’t make up

[@Atheos-1]

@@tonyaawessome A perfect example for the exaggeration is, even though Paul Revere was captured well before midnight, he's the only rider of many remembered because his name rhymed easily, for a particular writer who penned a poem, "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." I suspect much more is made up of exaggeration than is true. As in the video's title, "Angry old veteran vs 700 Red coats." He took a few pot shots at them and was lucky to have lived. That's hardly him taking on 700 men by himself.

[@tonyaawessome]

@@Atheos-1 Revere, Prescott and Dawes were detained but were later released just after midnight and Revere made his way back on foot to Lexington to witness the latter part of the battle on Lexington Green. So he accomplished what he set out to do. To notify the Sons of Liberty and the locals. He even hit up John Hancocks house and went in for a few minutes. So my supposition is that the event ocurred, and the writers of history may have taken some poetic license but it does not diminsh what he and many others accomplished.

[@Atheos-1]

@@tonyaawessome No, Revere didn't. He was the first detained and, as you said, didn't return until after the battle had begun. Poetic license or propaganda, define the difference. I won't wait holding my breath.

[@aurorathekitty7854]

I'm the youngest out of 10 kids. My dad was the fifth youngest out of 15. My grandmother had over 100 grandkids and great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. My grandmother died a month before her 100th birthday

[@NunYaO]

I remember this song from my teenage years; it was phenomenal, still is, I regret that today's generation don't have this level of talent to aspire to... although, there's a few artists that're intriguing (& none are on a corporate label)

[@Zrico91]

Just gotta say. Youre haircut is looking fly my dude. ❤

[@alfredhernandez9799]

Watch ANY Fat Electrician video and you will thoroughly enjoy it. The guy is a master story teller and is also hilarious. If he can write like he tells his stories we would have another Mark Twain.

[@airemaile]

I grew up in Arlington,mass and its True

[@andy60234]

You should check out a band called Sabaton - Historic heavy metal. As for Nick , the limping lady is good. He has so many and I’ve watched them all.

[@rodneysisco6364]

There were a bunch of bad ass dudes in America in those days . An ancestor of mine was a farmer on the frontier in western Virginia in the 1750's .One day he had gone into town to trade and while he was away a Shawnee raiding party came,burned down his house and kidnapped his wife and kids .He came home saw what happened and took off after them ALONE . He tracked them all of the way back to their village in Pennsylvania ,walked into the village and said something like "you've got my wife and kids and I'm here to take them back " . The Indians were impressed by the size of his balls so they didn't kill him on the spot .Instead they said " We will send your wife and kids back ,but keep you prisoner " . They sent his family back and burned him alive at the stake .

[@markmitchell457]

Paul Revere only rode the last few miles of a primitive communication network. Most of the ride was done by other men.

[@MIKE_F44]

OLD 666. I actually got emotional, lump in my throat and a tear in my eye

[@danmanak]

There are 9 windows on the front side. You have no idea how deep this house is from the front.

[@Atheos-1]

Paul Revere was arrested before midnight. Their were numerous other riders. Yet for some reason he gets ALL the credit? Now, I'm questioning more of TFE's storytelling.

[@riverlady982]

My Grandma was 38 when she had my Mom who was her 6th child. My Mom has nieces and nephews as old or older than her. I'm the 35th of 36 first generation Grandchildren and grew up playing with 2nd and 3rd cousins the same age as me. My Mom and me recently tried to figure out how many 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation Grandchildren my Grandpa, her Dad, had just by the time he passed away at 92 and we just weren't sure. Having anything from 2-6 kids with the average being 3-4 kids each in my family has caused me to make my kids find out what last names are in a family before my children date someone in our state. Particularly from 4 of the counties in our state that my whole family mostly just avoid dating anyone from anymore because my Grandpa was something like the 12th or 13th out of 14 or 15 kids from his parents. I have 2 daughters, one is still in Highschool but my oldest moved states away and married into a family from that state so that I also have one Granddaughter so far.

[@jamiehill3621]

The British claimed the colonists shot first and the colonists claimed the British shot first

[@hellhound1389]

Sergeant reckless is an amazing story from Nick the fat electrician

[@greggwilliamson]

Fat Electrician titles: 1) World's Smallest Jet Fighter - XF-85 Goblin, 2) USS Barb - The Submarine That Sank A Train, 3) America Blew Up A Whale With 1000lbs. of TNT, 4) Model 1911 -Anti-Cow Projectile - .45 ACP

[@catherinegivens1570]

YAS the USS Barb! And the USS Texas is another really good one!

[@caryd67]

“Plowing his fields and plowing his wife” that one killed me 😂

[@daltonv5206]

You HAVE to do the Eager Beavers vid!

[@jarrenrochester1879]

You should really react to Fat Electrician’s video on the USS William D. Porter. The US Navy’s luckiest crew serving on the Navy’s most unluckiest ship.

[@kimkacer782]

It really is a real account of the story. If you have not done the one where the Barbary pirates get trounced by 9 Marines & their buddies... that one, if you have (and I do think you have) then if you haven't done the one about One American vs 250 Germans (WW2 Documentary) by Battle Guide (due dilligence on the copyright stuff... dunno how this channel is.) Also the "Your New Zealand Family" is doing a release tomorrow, early evening (here) on checking out Terry Blacks. Also there's a Swedish guy who did a video about BLACKS (Just not Terry - who is a 'breakaway' from Blacks - I dunno, but reviews I've seen by ppl who have compared the 2, swear Blacks is the better all around. I've only ever had Blacks, not Terry Blacks, so I can't really say for sure). BUT! Next time I head SW.... I'm doing it... head to head comparison.

[@clydepatrick6086]

Watch The Patriot it's loosely based on this story.

[@JonathanH1253]

VERY loosely based

[@3YearsApart1613]

Watch his video about the Old 666 and also the one about the world war 2 lady spy. Those are great.

[@TheEpicSpire]

Lol it took Uncle Sam (pretty sure Uncle Sam was named after this dude) 4 hours to wrestle Death himself and crawl back into his body.

[@JonathanH1253]

Having so many kids was actually very common back then, you have to remember, the infant mortality rate back then was very high. Parents would have a lot of kids because it was very likely that at least a few of those kids wouldn't make it to 5 years old. Sometimes Parents would lose over half their children, sometimes they'd get lucky and lose none. They were very different times, remember, their medical knowledge back then was primitive at best.

[@nicolethompson8613]

Average life expectancy of 60 is because so many died as infants and children back then, so the average age at death was quite low, but once one survived to adulthood many lived into old age.

[@Statelessradar]

Whitmore story is real and there is even more to this story

[@orderly_chaos5240]

Good morning man

[@rayne3344]

Attila the whittemore😂😂😂😂

[@RobertKeling]

WW II story of Mc Nasty Mc Neese Pathdinder is another great/true story! All of his stories are actually true!! The Fat Electrition.

[@MIKE_F44]

Watch “the eager beavers- old 666. And Cassius Clay, the most gangster politician.

[@michaelmiller5307]

Merica, live on your feet!

[@matthewmarzani332]

Love your content, friend. Do you see messages on Patreon?

[@randyvowles4170]

no coming back to life, just too angry to die

[@KassandraTheCleric]

Toughest. American. Ever.

[@TheRagratus]

"Is this a true story?" YES... Because.... 'MEEICA!!!

[@rupturedduck6981]

And to this day no one will step on or walk on his lawn.

[@frankscarborough1428]

Don't believe the average life span. Was 60. I've seen too many videos of people older than 60 during that time frame. There was a cemetery near us with graves of people born in the 1700's who lived to be in their 70, 80 and 90'ss in that cemetery

[@Stevarooni]

A big part of the low average lifespan is because of high infant mortality. If you lived past early childhood, your life expectancy wasn't _too_ far from today's life expectancy.

[@lethe5683]

That's not how life expectancy works. It was terribly off due to child death, mainly at birth. Someone that age normally lived similar to modern times.

[@joshuabrown1607]

Children fighting in wars definitely skews the average life expectancy.

[@robertarodgers]

My grandmother had 13 kids

[@user-strength10]

America... F*ck yeah haha, samuel adams or samuel whittemore, both bada$$ 😎

[@JeanneLiberato]

Real

[@BenRollinsActor]

Based on the birth year you gave of 1696, in 1773, Samuel Whittemore would have been 77, not 75.

[@McMannis505]

They simply do not make them like Mr. Whittmore anymore.

[@daltonv5206]

The eager beavers for your next fat electrician reaction!

[@Iamborncountry]

So yes , this is a real story and yes , he was shot in the face and stabbed thirteen times but he's an american and i'm not saying we're invincible because we are not , but we don't give up without a fight

[@williambranch4283]

This is why the authorities don't want old men to handle guns. 'Merica! PS - Colonists didn't have any money (except local script not recognized by London) so we couldn't pay anyway.