Upstate Uprising - Hudson Valley Magazine - February 2009 - Poughkeepsie, NY:
"Paul Revere had it easy. It was springtime when he made his famous 1775 midnight ride to warn of the British invasion. He was in robust health, and, presumably, so was his horse.
Not so for Symon Schermerhorn. On the night of February 8, 1690, he took off from the settlement of Schenectady to Albany to warn of a massacre by the French and Indian raiders. He had already been shot, as had his horse. Meanwhile, a snowstorm raged."
A couple of things about this...
A) I work with one of the people interviewed and he is the type of man who would make this ride to save his fellow citizens.
B) My life isn't that bad in comparison.
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