Question

A soldier in this conflict is depicted “musing o’er his scars, and wooden leg” in a poem that ends with the italicized phrase “famine and a name!” Another poem set in this conflict describes a future “born on the night-wind of the past” and a “word that shall echo forevermore!” The line “By the rude bridge that arched the flood” opens a “Hymn” about a battle in this conflict by Ralph Waldo Emerson. (10[3]-5[1])Philip Freneau was often called the “Poet of” this conflict, (-5[2])which was also the setting of a poem whose title character “spread the alarm (10[1])through every Middlesex village and farm.” (10[2])For 10 points, what conflict is the setting (10[1])of Longfellow’s poem “Paul Revere’s (10[1])Ride?” ■END■

ANSWER: American Revolution [or American Revolutionary War or American War of Independence; prompt on Battle of Concord by asking “that was part of what wider conflict?”] (The poem in the first line is “The American Soldier” by Philip Freneau.)
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY10100%0%70%113.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%38%92.63
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY1100%0%0%82.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%25%100.67
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%100.56
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%60%107.20
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%25%102.50
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%98.44

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)CWRU A (UG) 72-5
Arjun Saulnier (DII)CWRU B (DII) Ohio State C (DII) 7210
Peter Zeng (DII)Ohio State B (DII) Michigan C 7210
Connor Channels (UG)West Virginia B (UG) Michigan A (UG) 7210
Carter Pisocky (DII)Michigan D (UG)CWRU C (UG)82-5
Caleb Thomas (DII)Miami C (DII) Michigan State B 82-5
Joshua Garner (DII)Ohio State A (UG) Michigan B (UG)9610
Ruchir Kodihalli (UG)CWRU A (UG) Jefferson County Scholars (DII)10210
Venkat Das (DII)West Virginia A (UG) Miami B (UG) 10210
Angelo Pan (UG)CWRU C (UG)Michigan D (UG)11010
Kara Braun (DII)Michigan State B Miami C (DII) 11510