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"A Rifleman never stops learning, a Rifleman never stops teaching. A Rifleman continues to seek ways to to protect the freedom the Founding Fathers left us, to improve himself, his home and family, his community, his state and his country, everyday of his life. A Rifleman adapts, a Rifleman overcomes and a Rifleman persists. This is not just some fancy gilded rhetoric we throw around like popcorn and pennies. This is the code we live by here. There is nothing wrong, no matter how often the mass of talking heads tells you it is wrong, or outdated, or corny, stupid and cavemanish, with having a code to live by in your life. Modern Americans have forgotten their code. They have forgotten how to be Americans. We are here to help them remember." Scout The Revolutionary War Veterans Association's Appleseed Project is dedicated to teaching an intense rifle marksmanship and safety course. But the RWVA Appleseed Project is much more than a marksmanship organization and much more than a social organization. It is a direct link back to America's Founding Fathers and instruction about what the duties of a "Rifleman" are today in America. A Rifleman adapts, a Rifleman overcomes and a Rifleman persists. Find out what it means to be called a "Rifleman" and what it takes to live a "Rifleman's Life".
Date / Time: 1/14/2009 2:00 PM UTC
The longest journey begins with a first step. That is from an ancient Chinese proverb, but it could well be from an Appleseed event. At the end of an Appleseed event we have what we call the “benediction”. This is where we acknowledge the hard work and persistence of the participants. Those men and women who shot to Rifleman standards will be recognized and given Rifleman patches. All wil be commended for their hard work over the last two days.
But that is not all we talk about. We talk about how the people who have stayed there until the end of the day on Sunday have shown that they have something in them that separates them from most of the rest of the people in their country. They have a drive and a desire to do something more with their lives.
They decided that they would go to an Appleseed event and learn to shoot, and not just learn to shoot, but to learn to shoot better than 99.99% of firearms owners in America. And they did, they went to an event and they did learn to shoot, they succeeded! They set their mind on accomplishing something and then they accomplished it.
They took their first step, and for some people it was a big one. Many of these foks have never fired a rifle before in their lives. And doing this, and doing it well, was not something they thought they could do, yet they worked at it and to some degree, mastered it. A first step.
We then tell them that there is nothing that is beyond them, nothing they can not do, that they are now on a new path, a new journey and this is the first step.
That is the message of Appleseed, hope. That we can change things for the better. Not that there is nothing we can do, so we should all get in our bunkers and get ready for Armageddon. At Appleseed we feel we can actually head off Armageddon at the pass.
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