Tag: Concord Minute Men
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A patriot’s day
We enter the Masonic Lodge in Concord and put on the gear. The black cartridge box wraps around my torso and hangs by my right hip. I hoist the 9-pound musket and place the tricorn hat on my head. If…
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Modern Minute Men’s major moment
Doug Ellis aiming his musket. Photo by Gabriel Martins After an early-morning skirmish in Lexington, the shot heard round the world rang out in Concord on April 19, 1775. The bloody defiance of British authority gave rise to widespread resistance…