In the great state of Massachusetts, Patriots Day is taken a little more seriously. Today is officially Patriots Day, and the kids have school off and the postmen do not deliver the mail in observation of this great momentous day. Additionally, the men of our fair city of Lexington invest greatly (although, what don't they invest greatly in?) in period costumes of the British Redcoats, colonists (even a few Tories mixed in with the larger bunch), and of course the Royal Irish Artillery (who shoot giant cannons). These gentlemen engage in not just one, but several different battles along the famous Battle Road over the course of the weekend and it is quite remarkable. These guys are not kidding around with their revolutionary war history and neither are the folks in the crowd (I saw a nice couple get in a cussing match with a couple of liberal "Harvard types" because they told their 4 year old son that the red coats were the "bad guys" apparently Harvard hates Bush so much they blame him even for the revolutionary war, which was also for oil). Bad liberal types aside, the spectacle was quite enjoyable.
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Wow! That looks so cool - thanks for the pics! I wish that we could have been out there for that. Hahah, and I like the description of the Harvardians blaming the Revolutionary War on Bush... good old MA.
Contrary to what Joe might think, the lady who caused all the ruckus did not look like an "academic" of any kind. Not to me anyway. But she definitely had that Masshole Charm, so I guess her education status doesn't really matter anyway.
Yes Al, (oops I mean the Anonymous blogger named amm) you should have been there! But wait! You'll be here soon enough - maybe there'll be some kind of Memorial Day battle to see around here.
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