With Schoharie County's most famous Revolutionary War landmark looming in the background, about 125 gun rights supporters called for another revolution Saturday in Middleburgh.
Their targets included Albany and Washington, the minimum wage, same-sex bathrooms, Common Core, and the media.
"Don't be silent. Don't listen to the media," said Lewis County Sheriff Mike Carpinelli, one of about a dozen speakers. "Stand proud and strong."
Vroman's Nose served as a backdrop for the Freedom Fair, held in Middleburgh's Timothy Murphy Park as a follow-up to the gun rights rallies and meetings that gained steam after Governor Andrew Cuomo's SAFE Act was passed in 2013.
Sponsors included SCOPE, the Schoharie County Conservation Association, and the American Legion and other veterans' groups.
Melody Burns, a conservative talk show host from the Capital District, served as the rally's voice, reminding the crowd that it had been a while since they'd gotten together, but now-November's election-is the time to turn things around.
"Freedom!" Ms. Burns yelled to the crowd.
"Freedom!" they yelled back-but not loud enough for Ms. Burns.
"Freedom!" she tried again; "Freedom!" the crowd responded, louder.
"This is a turning point," Ms. Burns said, calling for not only Governor Cuomo, whose "UnSafe Act is just the tip of the iceberg" to "go, but all of the other ones too. We need to hold their feet to the fire."
Governor Cuomo won't face re-election until 2018. Congressman Chris Gibson, who many hoped would run for the post, has said he will turn to teaching instead.
Congressman Gibson wasn't at the rally, but candidates for the State Assembly and Congress were represented and Assemblyman Pete Lopez took the stage to call for an end to "the machine" in Albany, pointing to the Governor, whom he called a bully and "King Cuomo".
"I'm so proud of you here," he said. "This is Ground Zero."
Assemblyman Lopez attacked the Governor's increase in the minimum wage.
"Yes, we want people to have a good life, but farms and small businesses need to survive too," he said.
Then, echoing the speakers before him, Assemblyman Lopez said it's time to rid Albany of career politicians only interested in keeping their jobs.
"When do we replace them?" he asked.
"Now!" answered the crowd.
"Their courage comes from you," Assemblyman Lopez said of the candidates who support the crowd's concerns.
And those who don't?
"Who gives a rat's ass?" he asked.
Other speakers returned the rally to gun rights issues; self-defined street chaplain and veteran Wes Andrews called the battle for those rights "scriptural."
"You people are standing in the gap between the higher ups and the people who don't know what's going on," he said.
Tom Lory, a veteran and former Fulton County sheriff, said that's why Donald Trump will be the Republican Presidential candidate.
"We never thought Donald Trump had a prayer," he said, and though Mr. Trump "may not be the cream of the crop...not voting for Donald Trump is voting for Hillary Clinton."
Some of the nearly two dozen booths at the Timothy Murphy Park advocated for gun rights, while others supported various candidates.
There were refreshments and a line of porta-potties-which Ms. Burns pointed out to the chuckling crowd were clearly marked men and women-and the men weren't in skirts.
"Thank God for that," she said.

A full page of photos from the Freedom Fair is in our print edition.