They were New England colonists who were part of their local militia. They were given the nickname "minutemen" because they were suppose to be ready to fight at a minutes notice.
Collectively, the minutemen at the Patriot games are known as the End Zone Militia. They are a group of revolutionary war re-enactors who do all sorts of things, like the end zone celebrations, reenactments and parades. Click the link below to go to their website for more information,
A couple are: Patriots Sons and Daughters of Liberty Americans Rebels (by Britain) :-P I guess you could said minutemen or militia but... People of the Continental Congress
An American colonial militia called the Minutemen, due to the fact they claimed they could prepare themselves to fight in a minute. The militia had just cleared the cache of arms they had stashed in Concord. The British were going there to take the cache of arms themselves (they learned from a tip by a loyalist), but the militia got there first and drove them out, firing on them as they marched back to Boston. It was the second battle of the beginning of the American Revolution, following a colonial loss at Lexington, where the militia had met the redcoats on their way to Concord from Boston in the first place.
The New England Patriots End Zone Militia is composed of two ten men squad, one for each endzone. When the Patriots score, nine members of the militia (depending on which endzone the Patriots scored in) fire their muskets. The tenth member is the "platoon leader" and directs the volleys.
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The actual number is not apparent in history because the minutemen were often part of a militia,
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The minutemen were said "always ready in a minutes notice" where the militia men were just volunteer soldiers with little to no training.
The militia was called into service to repel the attacking army. The Minutemen were the early militia for the colonists.
AnswerOfficially, all males over 18 were supposed to be in the militia.Depending on the state, 1/3 to 1/4 of the militia were to be designated "Minutemen", the first to be called out and ready when enemy troop movements were discovered.
The minutemen, or a town's militia.
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They wore farm clothes mixed with colonial style.