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1776 -The Battle Of JFK Airport


HISTORIC HISTORY
by Dixon Butz,
who holds a B.A. (Boneheaded Ape) degree in history from Trump University



It was before the dawn of September 18, 1776.
Great Britain and the 13 American colonies
were in the thick of the Revolutionary War.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord had been fought.
The Declaration of Independence had been signed.
It’d be another three days before the British Invasion of New York City — which is remembered as The Great Fire of 1776.
But this was a day in history unlike any other.

When the British Army’s ships docked at what is now known as Jamaica Bay — the lagoon on the southern side of Long Island — the Minutemen were ready and waiting.

The militia hid in the long lines at customs and the multitude of Hudson News’ stands, amongst the travelers fumbling to gather their belongings after going through security, as well as the ones asking if this was the terminal with a Nathan's Hot Dog joint.
Corners of America the British had never seen, paths they couldn’t possibly navigate.

When the British marched through Terminal 2 and stopped to ask if they could order from the Delta Sky Club Menu, the Minutemen attacked from the CIBO Express.

When they marched through the airport’s largest terminal, T4, The brave regulars took them down hidden among the dozens of airline kiosks and thousands of travelers rushing to make their last-minute gate change. When the Redcoats made it through the international gate at Terminal 1, the guerrilla war men surprised them from behind the racks of Saint Laurent clothing and displays of Coach handbags. Luxury goods that the British generals would predictably stop for — (King George III was absolutely mad for the Hermes Crocodile Himalayan Birken bags!)

Terminal by terminal, the British Army was turned back and vanquished by colonial colonists.
Their fallen soldiers forever lost to the stampeding heard of frequent flyers rushing to their gates.
 * or the closest option their gate had for alcohol.

It was our brave soldiers of the Great American Colonies from the ’70s that bravely protected JFK at its most vulnerable hour in order to ensure that it would remain a beacon of freedom.
 Freedom from running flights on time.
Freedom from becoming an efficient hub of international travel.
Freedom from having a Nathan's in every terminal.
And most importantly,
freedom to molest, humiliate, and otherwise annoy passengers.

Which is why, to this day, we remember The Battle at John F. Kennedy International Airport by making sure the British Airways terminal permanently remains under construction. .
God Bless the USA!

................................ “Our Army manned the air,
it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports,
it did everything it had to do…” — Donald Trump, during his “Salute to America” speech, 7/4/19

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