This past weekend, my wife and I , along with our daughter and some of her friends from class, including her teacher, took a trip to Massachusetts. The purpose of this trip was to witness the reenactments of the battles of Lexington and Concord. I was taken back as was many of us of the amount of people that was there for this event as well as the preparation for it and the historic reference. The events were held at Minuteman National Historic Park and is held every year the weekend leading up to Patriots Day.
What amazed me most was the amount of people that was involved in the whole process. Hundreds of people wore Colonial uniforms, British uniforms as well as other outfits for woman and infants. The purpose of this trip was to go see the Re-enactment of the first shots of the American Revolutionary War. As you know, the first shots were held at the battles of Lexington and Concord.
I was in astonishment while in the visitor center that we were only a few hundred yards away of where the first shots of the Revolutionary War rang out. We were on the same trail and terrain that Paul Revere and William Dawes had rode to warn the Colonists that "the Regulars are coming." Looking at the a memorial of where a British soldier was buried, reminds me of what it would have been like had the Colonists not stood up and fought for their rights of Freedom and Liberty. Thank God we now have those rights and I am forever grateful of our Founding Fathers and heroic Colonists.
I urge others to get the chance and to take in the events of Lexington and Concord during Patriots Day weekend. Also, you can always take a break from it and watch the Boston Red Sox play a morning game or the Boston Marathon. Regardless, there is much to be said of the historic element that we have so close to home. If we just ignore the past, we will never be able to cherish or respect what we have presently.
God Bless America!
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