History outdoors

[gwebster]

Summer in Boston is definitely the season for open-air history lessons, especially if you've an interest in the

American War of Independence. It's great for me as a Brit, since the history taught in British schools tends to

cover American Independence in much less detail, and even then, it is (not suprisingly) dealt with primarily

from a British perspective. From the way that these guys in the picture talked, it seemed to me like Sam Adams

the ale figured at least as large in their recreational activities as Sam Adams the revolutionary. They seemed

like a fine bunch of lads though and I'm sure that in the course of their re-enactments they (literally) have a

blast and probably put down far more pints of ale than they do redcoats. This picture was captured on the front lawn

of a large colonial house on Brattle Street in

Cambridge, Massachusetts where Washington's army apparently camped for the night, prior to marching on the English.

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Gordon

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Re-enactment, Cambridge MA

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[rivi]

Hi Gordon, you may want to visit <a

href="http://www.riviclaudia.de/gallery2/main.php/v/holidays/album/VA/Williamsburg/?g2_page=3">Williamsburg</a>

as well. I understand with the Civil War the Boston area with the Mayflower landing site has become the

"northern" type of "founding myth", while the <a

href="http://www.riviclaudia.de/gallery2/main.php/v/holidays/album/VA/Jamestown/?g2_page=2">Jamestown</a>/Williamsburg

area in Virginia are representative of the

"southern" one.

[chansonbleu]

Gordon,

 

They still dress that way in Portsmouth NH

 

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