WHAT IS A MINUTEMAN?

A MINUTEMAN WAS A MILITIAMAN WHO WAS READY TO

 MARCH A MOMENTS NOTICE.

WHO WERE THE MINUTEMEN?

THE MASSACHUSETTS COLONY'S MILITIA WAS KNOWN AS

 THE MINUTEMEN. THEY WERE CALLED MINUTEMEN

 BECAUSE THEY WERE READY FOR BATTLE AT A MINUTES

 NOTICE. THE MINUTEMEN WERE A SMALL HAND-PICKED

 ELITE FORCE WHICH WERE REQUIRED TO BE HIGHLY

 MOBILE AND ABLE TO ASSEMBLE QUICKLY. THE MEN THAT

 WERE CHOSEN TO BECOME MINUTEMEN WERE

 VOLUNTEER CITIZENS SUCH AS FISHERMAN, FARMERS,

 AND TRADE SMITH'S. ALL OF THESE MEN HAD TO BE

 ENTHUSIASTIC, RELIABLE, AND PHYSICALLY FIT.