In celebration of Patriot's Day, towns in Massachusetts have reenactments, parades and commemorative ceremonies. Last Saturday we witnessed the reenactment of the 1775 Meriam’s Corner Exercise. All three of us walked about a mile and a half to enjoy the parade and reenactment. The weather was a little chilly and unfortunately as soon as we got to the reenactment sight, it started raining and we had no umbrella.
As we were waiting for the parade to start, the Colonials fired an old cannon and Atenas got so scared that she ran away pulling the leash off my hand! Fortunately a Park Ranger caught her only a few feet away from me (note so self: don’t take Atenas to any reenactments that involve any types of firearms). Poor thing, she was really scared and shaking; I had to carry her the whole time we were there. Anyways, so we learned a little more about the Colonials and their fight in the American Revolution. This Saturday we will see the commemoration of the North Bridge fight.
As we were waiting for the parade to start, the Colonials fired an old cannon and Atenas got so scared that she ran away pulling the leash off my hand! Fortunately a Park Ranger caught her only a few feet away from me (note so self: don’t take Atenas to any reenactments that involve any types of firearms). Poor thing, she was really scared and shaking; I had to carry her the whole time we were there. Anyways, so we learned a little more about the Colonials and their fight in the American Revolution. This Saturday we will see the commemoration of the North Bridge fight.
Not sure that they had walkie-talkies back then:
The Parade:
1 comment:
wow--I had no idea re-enactment folks lived in Boston. Their uniforms look warm.
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