On Patriots Day we went to the reenactment of the Battle of Lexington, the first of the Revolutionary War. It starts at 5:45 in the morning, so we had to wake up the girls. It was really well done, and really cool to see. We were really glad we went.
The reenactment starts with Paul Revere riding up the road on a horse, alerting the captain of the minutemen that the Brits are on their way. The British march up, order minutemen to go home. The minutemen don’t. Someone fires the first shot (not clear who), and then everyone fires. Lexington Battle Green gets covered in smokey musket discharge, and the minutemen all flee backwards. Then the Brits march on. The end.
Patriots Day is a public holiday in Boston. Everyone gets all patriotic and there are all sorts of pancake breakfasts and minuteman displays.
