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Suddenly an officer on horseback rode through the lines shouting
the now famous order, “Boys, don’t shoot ‘till you can see the
whites of their eyes!” These
plain words, spoken by
General
William Prescott, rallied the volunteers and gave them the courage to
hold their position for hours.
Why
are General Prescott’s words important to you, a candidate, more than
two centuries later?
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