Word: lexington
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...professors who meet once a month to transport themselves to the colonial era, with meticulous attention to authenticity. While fans of the reenactments, American historians at Harvard don’t suit up themselves, though a number of history loving Harvard alums tote muskets in formation with the Lexington training band...
This year, Patriots’ Day morning was gray, rainy and cold, but 5,000 spectators still lined the edges of Lexington Green to watch a reenactment of the Battle of Lexington. Seasoned spectators stood on ladders and drowsy yet curious small children perched on their fathers’ shoulders to get a good look at the action. Coveted viewing positions were occupied by 4 a.m. At 6 a.m. sharp, a Lexington Minute Man playing messenger Samuel Prescott rode up to the green to deliver the message that the British were, indeed, coming. Soon after, about 120 reenactors portraying British...
Excitement about Patriots’ Day runs high throughout Lexington. “You should arrive before 5 a.m. I know it’s early, but people start getting there at 3:30 a.m.,” advises Wayne McCarthy, executive officer of the Minute Men. Most of the younger attendees whined about the early hour, but once the gunpowder ignited, everyone was wide awake. And on Patriots’ Day, everyone is an expert. One older man quizzed the kids next to him about battle-specifics and then knowingly informed them how one of the Minute Men died...
...Lexington Minute Men have been in continuous existence since 1773, and though today there is no need for them to defend their town, men still take the Minute Man oath and join the same band that clashed with British troops 227 years...
Although Harvard does not receive a day off in celebration of Patriots Day, when the shot heard ‘round the world, fired on the battle green of Lexington and Concord, is commemorated by the starting gun of the Boston Marathon in Hopkington, Mass, a group of students left their classes behind to search for the elusive tailgate...