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250th Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord for American Independence


Saturday, April 19, 2025, is the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord of Wednesday, April 19, 1775, the first major military campaign of the American Revolutionary War.

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The English government had ordered its British military forces to seize the American civilian colonists’ weapons and gunpowder being stored in Concord, Massachusetts. However, the colonists’ resolute resistance resulted in an American victory and an outpouring of support for liberty and independence.

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The battles were fought on the American side primarily by privately armed militias and individuals bearing their personal firearms, an act so indelibly impressed upon the colonists’ consciousness that, 16 years later, after the war was won and the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified December 15, 1791, the individual right to keep and bear arms (today known as The Second Amendment) was definitively prioritized and protected from American government infringement; esteemed enough to be considered one of the top two fundamental and vital civil rights on which to build the great American nation.

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Church Security: Most Church Attacks Occur During Activities Other Than Sunday Morning Worship Services

A three-year study by Concilium Inc. concludes that criminal attacks during church services and in church buildings, not motivated by robbery or theft, are usually foreshadowed by warning signs—erratic behavior, severe mental health symptoms (hallucinations, paranoia, delusions, depression, and suicidal thoughts), a major life stressor, communicated threats, or the harboring of a grievance against a church or member—which are visible to people the assailant knows.

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When these observable warning signs are reported, law enforcement and the potential assailant’s family members, friends, and peripheral contacts stand a good chance of preventing violence.

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US Dept. of Justice Creates 2nd Amendment Task Force

US Attorney General Pamela Bondi is creating a Second Amendment Enforcement Task Force “principally charged with developing and executing strategies to use litigation and policy to advance, protect, and promote compliance with the Second Amendment,” as stated in her memo posted April 9, 2025 on the Department of Justice website.

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A federal law might have bearing on the word “enforcement” in the task force’s title. 18 U.S.C. § 242 makes it a crime for anyone acting “under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom” to willfully deprive another person of rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States.

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“The prior administration placed an undue burden on gun owners and vendors by targeting law-abiding citizens exercising their 2nd Amendment rights,” Bondi says. “The Department of Justice’s new 2nd Amendment Task Force will combine department-wide policy and litigation resources to advance President Trump’s pro-gun agenda and protect gun owners from overreach.”

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Life Lessons to Learn From a Space Capsule Failure

How do you handle unexpected and prolonged difficulties in your life? With frustration? Anger? Despair? Doubting God’s oversight and sovereignty in your situation?

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Instead, take the SemperVerus way: Stay True to what is right and Stay True to your aim, trusting God with all your heart.

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What was scheduled to be an 8-day test flight of the Boeing Starliner capsule for US astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunni Williams turned into a 286-day test of endurance and conviction during an unexpected life-limiting stay in space aboard the International Space Station due to the capsule’s technical problems including helium leaks in its propulsion system and the failure of several reaction control system thrusters.

Wilmore, a devout Christian, leaned on his faith throughout the extended mission. He described his spiritual connection as “vital to existence,” emphasizing that knowing God was in control sustained him during the 9-month ordeal.

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