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There is a strange new idea floating around that the way to deal with one pipsqueak mayor in Sackets Harbor is to boycott the entire village, abandon the battlefield, and stay home during one of the most important historical commemorations in Northern New York.

That is not patriotism.

That is retreat.

The current controversy surrounding Tom Homan and the mayor’s decision to deny access to local accommodations and docking support has understandably angered a lot of people. It should. Tom Homan is a local figure of national importance, and many Americans see the treatment he received as petty, political, and disrespectful.

But here is the point: if your problem is with the mayor, then make it about the mayor.

Do not punish the battlefield.

Do not punish the history.

Do not abandon the men who fought at Sackets Harbor long before today’s small-town political theater ever existed.

Real patriots should flood Sackets Harbor with red hats, MAGA shirts, American flags, and a clear message: we are not afraid of one mayor, one village board, or one political stunt. We do not run from American ground. We stand on it.

And if you do not want to spend money in the village because of the mayor’s behavior, fine. That is your choice. Pack a paper bag lunch. Bring a picnic basket. Put a blanket down near the battlefield. Sit with your family and remember what happened there.

Remember General Jacob Brown.

Remember Zebulon Pike.

Remember Commodore Isaac Chauncey.

Remember the soldiers, sailors, militia, carpenters, shipbuilders, and ordinary Americans who defended Sackets Harbor when the British came across Lake Ontario during the War of 1812.

Those men did not scatter so we could sit on Facebook two centuries later pretending that a boycott is the same thing as courage.

Would you boycott Arlington Cemetery because you did not like the president?

Would you boycott Gettysburg because some local politician annoyed you?

Would you skip Valley Forge because the mayor of the nearest town made a fool of himself?

Of course not.

Because sacred ground is bigger than politics.

Sackets Harbor belongs to American history. It does not belong to one mayor. It does not belong to one board. It does not belong to one controversy. It belongs to the people who fought there, the people who remember them, and the generations who still understand that patriotism requires showing up.

So show up.

Wear the red hat.

Bring the flag.

Bring the family.

Bring your own lunch if you have to.

But do not boycott the battlefield. Do not hand the mayor the power to chase patriots away from one of Northern New York’s most important historical sites.

If the message is supposed to be “patriots don’t retreat,” then prove it.

Go to Sackets Harbor.

Stand on the ground.

Honor the battle.

And remind everyone watching that America’s history is not canceled because one pipsqueak mayor got a little too impressed with himself.