26 SEP--This Day in US Military History

2015-09-26T12:40:22-04:00

1786 – Protestors shut down the court in Springfield, Massachusetts in a military standoff that begins Shays’ Rebellion.

Fueled by perceived economic terrorism and growing disaffection with State and Federal governments, Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays led a group of rebels (called Shaysites) in rising up first against Massachusetts’ courts, and later in marching on the United States’ Federal Armory at Springfield in an unsuccessful attempt to seize its weaponry and overthrow the government.
Although Shays’ Rebellion met with defeat militarily, it bore fruit in forcing the Federal government to reconsider the extent of its own powers at the U.S. Constitutional Convention, and by drawing General George Washington out of retirement en route to his Presidency, among influencing other changes to America’s young democracy.

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September 26

26 September 1777 - The British army launched a major offensive during the American Revolution, capturing Philadelphia. After nearly a month so skirmishing, Howe finally outmaneuvered Washington an...

Response by Cpl James Waycasie made Sep 26 at 2015 2:51 PM

2015-09-26T14:51:12-04:00

I guess it served it's purpose if it got the government's attention enough to get them to reconsider. A shame that it sometimes takes acts of violence to get "Leaders" to open their eyes to a problem.