April 19th has special significance in the realm of history

written by William D. Welge

April 19th has special significance in the realm of history. Most recent was the horrible tragedy in Oklahoma City at the A.P. Murrah Federal Building where 168 American’s died at the hands of domestic terrorists! April 19 also signifies the opening of the Cheyenne and Arapaho lands to non Indians in 1892 marking the third land run into Indian Territory.

For all the discussion as to the reasons why Tim McVeigh chose April 19th as the day to create chaos and carnage, the news media used his “hatred” towards the federal government because of the FBI’s involvement in Waco, Texas as few years earlier against the Branch Davidian’s. It was on April 19th that the final and fatal battle occured.

What was not mentioned and is still not to this day 16 years after Oklahoma City, is that McVeigh, Nichols and others hatred for the federal government was not so much what happened in Waco, but what happened on April 18-19th, 1775 when the “shot heard round the world” took place near Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.

On April 19th, at Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill) the first volley of shots rang out signaling the revolution of America separating from Great Britian. That was the defining moment in American history. It was also the real reason for McVeigh to do what he did. McVeigh is no Patriot. What he did 16 years ago was cold blooded murder of innocent men, women and children.