the Red Coats
never wanted
a word
with Reverend Brainerd;
saw the dude’s church
was able
and used it
as a stable
before burning that
bitch
to the ground.
© 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
First published on tristanrobertlange.com, October 7, 2026.
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Coming this Macabre Monday:
DEVILISHLY DREADFUL
The Initiate;
or, the Mysteries of the White Band
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Truth definitely applied my friend
Thanks, Norman! And somehow I suspect neither of us is going to run out of things worth speaking up about anytime soon! 😂🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Quickest ballad ever! Most delectable save the unsavoury back and forth between belligerent parties. But there we go, history bare and unapologetic.
Thanks, arqios! I suppose that's the trouble with digging into history...you start looking for an interesting story and discover humanity has been behaving badly for centuries! 🤣 At least we're never short of writing material! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Not a well-kept secret there but the bait ain't drawing the crowds to that rich source of material!
Those were tough times and sides were split but I suppose that was not proper etiquette. War makes many things that are improper, proper. I guess it could have been worse. Nicely written Tristan
Thanks, Soren! Though I'd say burning down a church over a minister's political convictions goes considerably beyond improper etiquette. Unusual, hell no...but totes not cool. War certainly brings out some of humanity's worst impulses. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
War is hell and how far one goes depends upon how badly one wants to win. Sad but true
Dear, Tristan,
Succinctly blunt in brilliance in the art of poetry. Talk about, hitting the nail on the head. Excellent, my friend.
You are in fine fettle, I trust,
Tony.
Thank you kindly, Tony! I'm doing quite well, my friend, and I hope the same is true for you. Always a pleasure hearing from you! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
If that wasn't bad enough: We gave you The Spice Girls.
Kevin, I believe that's grounds for a second Declaration of Independence! 🤣 And to think the Boston Tea Party was over some taxes. At least they didn't have to have Wannabe stuck in their heads. Someone fetch the parchment and a quill! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
A martyr - only aged about 29?
Popeye's burning piles of old spinach. lol.
Orchi, you're thinking of David Brainerd, John's older brother! Though I'm considerably more concerned about Popeyeus. Has anyone checked whether his spinach-burning activities are covered by the Church of the Perpetual Can's insurance? 🤣🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Thank you T. lol.
Powerful and brilliant just like you dear Tristan. 🌹
Awww, Teddy! You rock! Thank you for always being so kind and supportive, dear friend. Sending you lots of love! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Right back at you my darling friend. 💜
Hey,Tristan. Is this dude David Brainerd (April 20, 1718 – October 9, 1747), an American Presbyterian minister? He is someone I know nothing about (although most respondees here seem very familiar with him) The incident involving the burning church is equally elusive. Feel I'm on the outer here...
Dave, you're actually closer than you think! Reverend John Brainerd was David Brainerd's younger brother. Both were Presbyterian ministers and missionaries to Native Americans. John eventually established a church in Mount Holly, New Jersey. During the British occupation in June 1778, the Redcoats used his church as a stable before burning it down, reportedly in retaliation for a patriotic sermon he'd preached. So there's a genuine family connection, and the incident itself is part of our local Revolutionary War history. Glad you asked, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
It is how all the others know so much and I know so little that gets me😂
Thanks for the informative response, Mate.👍
Those bloody Pommys - they are a menace🙃
Dave, I'm starting to worry about diplomatic relations! 🤣 The Brits are confessing their crimes (including the Spice Girls...see above), the Aussies are calling them menaces, and we Americans are still arguing about tea! Somebody call the King before Kevin sends us another Spice Girls album! LOL! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
You can see why Britain ruled great parts of the world, we were bastards.
Now the world has come back to haunt us and we hate them even more.
Isn't history great, it can be distorted but it can't lie.
Paul, I'm beginning to think the greatest British export wasn't tea, empire, or even the Beatles...it was the ability to acknowledge an absolute catastrophe with a straight face and a cup of Earl Grey! If only we Americans could catch onto it...cause we tea tax rebels over here haven't historically done any better. 🤣🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
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