Word: eclat
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Dates: during 1875-1875
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...Lexington and Concord Centennial Celebration went off on Monday with great eclat. The pageantry was most imposing, the crowd immense; and it is hoped that by careful scrutiny of the historical relics, by the bleak march over the hills, and by elbowing a way through sixty thousand pairs of shoulders (and we passed some of them twice), we have generated sufficient patriotism to support a reasonable amount of inflation and force-bill. It is useless for us to attempt even a short description of what was to be seen, when we consider that there are fourteen daily newspapers published within...