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...about the town’s development as a railroad suburb in the beginning of the twentieth century. But instead of describing daily life in 1915, the depot’s first major event—a showing of old footage from the 1915 “Pageant of Lexington?? which celebrates the battle—indicates that even in remembering Lexington??s twentieth century, the town still has one eye looking...
...pond; records from the event say they are nymphs representing nature and the elements. The silent film of the pageant shows a young white woman as the “Goddess of Peace” standing elevated above soldiers and rioters. Playing into the standard line of Lexington??s immense importance, the local paper wrote last week that this scene represents “the debt the world owes to Lexington for her attainment of liberty...
This defense of Lexington??s historical significance often results in clashes with nearby Concord, that other town that (falsely, from the Lexington view) claims the shot heard round the world. In 1824, Concord resident Samuel Hoar claimed in a speech that his town had made the first “forcible resistance” to the British, offending Lexington??s town pride and sparking the appointment of a committee to collect evidence on the battles of Lexington and Concord. The 40-page pamphlet that resulted from the committee not surprisingly documented Lexington??s noble...
Hopefully the historical society’s future events and eventual museum will promote interest in more diverse aspects of Lexington??s history than a history of battle reenactments. Yet judging from some of the local published works on Lexington??s last two centuries, even these accounts are not complete pictures of the past...
...fired. Volleys of fire criss-crossed the green and the Minute Men fled with British in pursuit. When the heavy amount of smoke cleared, eight colonials were dead. The Minute Men survivors returned to the green, the crowd gave a rousing cheer and everyone dispersed to pancake breakfast at Lexington??s local churches...