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Bill W. Chandler, the office administrator at Lexington??s Gay and Lesbian Services Organization, disagrees...
When they return to the two-story house Woo rents in Lexington??where they moved so that Amarrah could go to a good public school later on—Woo plays and reads with her daughter until...
...does offend me,” said Carla Fortmann, who works at the historic Buckman Tavern in Lexington??the same tavern where the original minutemen were stationed on the eve of the American Revolution. “I understand how they might pick [the name], but vigilante might seem more appropriate. Or self-appointed posse. Or even bounty hunters...
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...