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| 367.1 | | 29939::DHILL | | Tue Apr 21 1992 12:54 | 9 |
| Reinactments take place in both Lexington and Concord. However,
you may be hearing volleys and drums from local Minute Men as
they assembly and have local events prior to marching (or in
some cases, taking the bus) to Lexington or Concord.
For example, Acton had a wreath laying in Acton center at about
6:30 accompanied by a three volley salute before marching to Concord.
David
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| 367.2 | Wake up call... | KALI::MORGAN | 3-4 in 1 run games... | Tue Apr 21 1992 15:28 | 7 |
| Also, depending on where you live, the Minutemen may be walking right
past your house. When we first bought our house on Summer St., I told
my wife that the Stow Minutemen walk by our house at about 5:30 AM
playing the fife & drum. She thought I was nuts. Now it's an event
that even the kids wake up for.
Steve
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| 367.3 | | MILPND::CANSLER | | Tue Apr 21 1992 16:57 | 6 |
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The stow minutemen come down summer street to Concord street at the
corner of Concord and Acton the Asabet Village (Maynard) minute men are
picked up for the continued march to Concord Bridge.
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| 367.4 | That explains it | USCTR1::KDUNN | | Tue Apr 21 1992 17:10 | 10 |
| > The stow minutemen come down summer street to Concord street at the
> corner of Concord and Acton the Asabet Village (Maynard) minute men are
> picked up for the continued march to Concord Bridge.
That explains it !! We live on Maple St, they went right past the
end of our street.
You know, I could figure out that the sound of the cannons or muskets
would travel great distances, but I could not figure out how regular
rat-tat-tat-tat of drums would travel miles.
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| 367.5 | Maybe Sudbury | IAMOK::MARINER | | Wed Apr 22 1992 11:10 | 9 |
| If you are talking about the actual day, April 19, not the day most
towns celebrate it - then you are hearing Sudbury.
Sudbury men assemble at the Sudbury Common and march over Concord Road,
cross 117 and head down Dutton to Concord. "WE" want to be authentic
and are the only town, that I know of, who stuck to the actual day when
the state decided to make it a three day weekend and always celebrate
it on Monday. I hear the guns from my house near Mossman Road and 117
in Sudbury.
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| 367.6 | | HELIX::RUZICH | VAXELN Realtime Software Engineering | Wed Apr 22 1992 15:58 | 11 |
| .2> When we first bought our house on Summer St., I told
.2> my wife that the Stow Minutemen walk by our house at about 5:30 AM
.2> playing the fife & drum. She thought I was nuts.
I presume that now your wife knows about the Stow Minutemen, but she
still think's you're nuts, right? They look to me like independent
events.
Just kidding...
-Steve
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| 367.7 | | BUILD::MORGAN | 3-4 in 1 run games... | Wed Apr 22 1992 19:58 | 2 |
| That goes without saying, Steve! My reply to her is, "I started to go
haywire about 10 wedding anniversaries ago, ok love?" :-)
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| 367.8 | WE were there, too | SENIOR::IGNACHUCK | Native Maynardian | Thu Apr 23 1992 00:02 | 8 |
| Regarding .5 and others, I think I should note that over 50% of
the original *patriots* from Sudbury and Stow were from the Assabet
Village, which is now known as the town of Maynard. In fact, the
mother of Isaac Davis, Acton's hero in the battle, was born and
raised on Summer Street, on the corner of Summer Hill Road, in
Maynard.
Frank
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| 367.9 | | IAMOK::MARINER | | Fri Apr 24 1992 10:47 | 13 |
| Re: -1
The WE was meant to say, "We in Sudbury were the only ones to stick to
the regular day and stay authentic." So WE march alone and I don't
see where the fun in that is, quite frankly. Also Sudbury used to
allow the Boy Scouts to march a ways with them and cut that out because
it wasn't authentic. Sometimes I think that WE are a bunch of stuffed
shirts.
Actually, Frank, part of Maynard and Stow was included in Sudbury for a
spell. And don't forget East Sudbury, AKA Wayland.
Mary Lou
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| 367.10 | | MILPND::CANSLER | | Mon Apr 27 1992 08:07 | 3 |
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Stow,and the Asabet Village minutemen use to meet Sudbury at the Rotary by
the Prison for the march in to Concord Bridge.
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| 367.11 | Stuffed shirts are what made this country great! ;^) | AKOFIN::WATSON | Some like it not | Mon Apr 27 1992 08:28 | 13 |
| re: .9 (Mary Lou)
> Also Sudbury used to
> allow the Boy Scouts to march a ways with them and cut that out because
> it wasn't authentic. Sometimes I think that WE are a bunch of stuffed
> shirts.
You know what happens if you let every little organization join in that wants
to march, don't you? Just look at South Boston's Vet's parade.
Keep it simple. Keep it authentic.
Cliff
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