Tag: Symon Schermerhorn
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Eyewitness Recounts “Ride on Albany” to Protest SAFE Act, Common Core Educational Standards
WITH COLORFUL HISTORICAL BACKDROP by Ms. Silence Dogood (Oct. 6, 2013) — Albany, NY – Most Americans are aware of the 1775 Ride of Paul Revere to warn the colonists with his shout, “The British are coming!” On February 8, 1690, a bit shy of a century before, another patriot, Symon Schermerhorn, had raced his…