Word: lexington
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...night of June 16, 1775, twelve hundred armed citizens assembled on the Common, where they were led in prayer by President Langdon, of Harvard College, at the start of their march to participate in the battle of Bunker Hill. The original Common extended a mile northward towards Lexington...
...Saturday July 15 occurs the excursion to Lexington and Concord. Travelling in special buses over the Paul Revere route the party has an opportunity to view the natural beauty, and the literary and historical sites of these two towns...
...opportunity is offered to see in detail Lexington Green, where was "fired the shot heard round the world", after which the party goes through the Hancock-Clarke House where Samuel Adams and John Hancock were sleeping when aroused by Paul Revere. This house now contains the valuable collection of the Lexington Historical Society. On the road to Concord there is an opportunity to inspect the Wayside, the home of Hawthorne, and the Orchard House, the home of the Alcotts. After dinner at the Colonial Inn the party proceeds around Concord, visiting the Antiquarian Society, (where is housed the furniture from...
...Miller, professor of Government at Tufts College, the series of excursions to places of historical and literary interest in Eastern Massachusetts will start Wednesday afternoon, July 12, with a visit to historical Boston. On the following Saturday, July 15, there will be an all-day trip to Lexington and Concord. These excursions are arranged as part of the educational work of the Summer School and are particularly helpful for teachers of American History...
Washington & Lee University (Lexington, Va.) Judge Duncan Lawrence Groner of the U.S. Court of Appeals .... LL.D. Acting President John Lloyd Newcomb of the University of Virginia ... Sc.D. Sir Josiah Stamp, British economist ... LL.D...