I never knew that anyone but the reenactors took part. But, being
averse to being on the road before sunrise, I've only ever attended one
of the reenactments and I never went farther than Lexington which was
only a 5-10 minute drive from home. Somewhere I have pictures but
obviously on film. If it's pre scanner acquisition I'll never find it.
Chuck Norcutt
Bob Whitmire wrote:
> On May 7, 2009, at 6:19 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>
>>> Minuteman park lies between
>>> Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts not far from where I used to
>>> live.
>>> Some photos were taken there and others are either in Lexington or
>>> Concord. <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Minuteman%20Park/index.htm>
>
> I got to Ft. Devens, Mass., in March of 1968, a little more than a
> month before an unknown (to me) holiday, Patriot's Day. As part of the
> Patriot's Day celebration, a very large number of soldiers from the
> ASA training facility at Ft. Devens joined the annual march from Acton
> to Concord. When we arrived at Minuteman Park, we had to stand in
> formation for _hours_. Every time a new unit, whether regular Army or
> reenactors, marched past, we were called to attention to salute the
> colors. A group of us bad broken formation and gone to the local ice
> cream vendor and returned unseen, but had very little chance to
> actually enjoy our purloined fruits because of being forced to present
> arms every few minutes. I also got in trouble on the march for bumming
> a drink of water from a Boy Scout. It seems the Army neglected to
> issue us web belts and canteens for the march. We were, to say the
> least, parched. For some reason that whole day remains very clear in
> my memory. Like many April days in New England, it started cold (3
> a.m.) and got much warmer after the sun came up. Of course we had been
> ordered to dress for the cold, not the warmth. It's the Army way.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> www.bwp33.com
>
>
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