Cobblestone articles from October 2002

Cobblestone archives from October 2002

Editor's note.(Revolutionary War poem)
October 1, 2002... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere," excerpted at left, is a popular one for school-children studying the American Revolution to read and memorize. It tells the story of Revere's race through the Massachusetts...

Breaking up is hard to do.
October 1, 2002... The American Colonies and the British government had a difficult relationship in the mid- 1700s. England wanted the Colonies to obey its rules and recognize its authority. But the colonists were growing restless with the treatment shown them by...

Militias and minutemen.(Revolutionary War)
October 1, 2002... Many myths surround the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. Chief among these is that the victorious Americans were just a bunch of embattled farmers who, without training or leadership, hid behind trees and took shots at the...

Intelligence, counterintelligence, and gunpowder.(Revolutionary War)
October 1, 2002... After the Boston Tea Party in December 1773, nearly three thousand English soldiers were sent to occupy that Massachusetts city. General Thomas Gage, commander of all British troops in North America, established his headquarters in Boston and...

The battle of Lexington.
October 1, 2002... Late in the evening of April 18, 1775, two patriots from Boston rode into Lexington, Massachusetts. The men, William Dawes and Paul Revere, carried dramatic news. They said that a force of seven hundred armed British soldiers was on its way to...

Lady at Lexington. (Quote of the Month).
October 1, 2002... During the early morning hours of April 19, 1775, Paul Revere rushed to Rev. Jonas Clarke's house in Lexington, Massachusetts. Clarke was hosting patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock at his home. Revere was eager to warn them that the...

The battle of Concord.
October 1, 2002... Following their easy victory in the Battle of Lexington, the British troops continued on to Concord. The army expected that they quickly would destroy the weapons and food the citizens of Concord had gathered. Most of the English soldiers...

`The road was bloody'.(Revolutionary War battles)
October 1, 2002... The most difficult fighting of April 19, 1775, occurred not at Concord's North Bridge or on Lexington's green, but along so-called Battle Road back to Boston. The popular image is one of colonial militia and minutemen chasing British soldiers...

Did you know?(Revolutionary War facts)
October 1, 2002... As most of the male patriots along the route to Lexington and Concord responded to the alarm about the approaching British regulars, the women of Pepperell, Massachusetts, organized themselves into patrols to protect their homes. They even...

Who played a role: at Lexington and Concord?
October 1, 2002... Visit Minute Man National Historical Park in Lexington, Lincoln, and Concord, and you can see people reenact scenes from the battles of Lexington and Concord. In real life, of course, the people who participated in 1775 were not acting. They...

Famous descendants of famous patriots.
October 1, 2002... America's fight for independence occurred in the eighteenth century. In the following one hundred years, the Boston area, including Concord and Lexington, once again achieved distinction--this time as the home of American writers and reformers....

An end and a beginning.(Revolutionary War )
October 1, 2002... At Lexington and Concord, American troops successfully stood up for their rights and fired at British soldiers for the first time. When the day ended, most of those involved did not realize that the American Revolution had started. Several...

Take your time: at Minute Man National Historical Park.
October 1, 2002... After years of urging by Massachusetts citizens and political leaders, in 1959 the federal government protected the land where colonists had defended their right to self-government. At that time, rapid economic growth was causing historic...

Brain ticklers.(Revolutionary War quiz)
October 1, 2002... Give your brain a little tickle to see how well you read and understood this issue on the battles of Lexington and Concord. If you believe the answer to be false, give yourself the ultimate test and see whether you can explain why it is false....

A final word.(Revolutionary Wary)
October 1, 2002... How might history be different if Paul Revere and the other messengers had not been able to warn the Massachusetts countryside of the British plans? Or was the Revolutionary War inevitable?

Lexington. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2002... I live in Lexington, Massachusetts, and often visit the Battle Green. The green is where the first shot of the American Revolution was fired. No one knows who fired that shot at 5:00 A.M. on April 19, 1775. After the shot, there was a...

My first day at war. (Letters).(Poem)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2002... On my first day at war when everyone was strange, I could hear the enemies roar--their soldiers were in range. They were stronger than the U.S., but everyone fought their best. Some soldiers came home, some were laid to rest. Margaret...

Reenacting Lexington. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2002... The first shot of the Revolutionary War occurred at the Lexington Battle Green. No one knows who fired the shot. There is a statue of a soldier with a gun in his hands at the green. Each year, a reenactment there shows what it would have...

The Revolutionary War. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2002... The Revolutionary War period must have been a very tough time to live. When the king passed the Stamp Act, Tea Act, Sugar Act, and Quartering Act, it would have been hard to raise a family or crops. Families probably were scared at night...

Ladybug. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)(Poem)
October 1, 2002... Orange with little black spots, living on tiny leaf cots. Flying if it is scared, its life is undeclared. Hiding in tall green grass, hoping she won't be smashed. John Knoth Coldwater, Ohio

Flowers. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)(Poem)
October 1, 2002... Orange puffballs, like golden rays of sunlight with blood-red tips. Swaying in the breeze, then shriveling up, ready to die. Surrounded by friends, whispering secrets to each other and to me. Held up by strong, green stems. atasha...

The battles of Lexington and Concord. (Letters).(Poem)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2002... It all started in 1775. Supplies they would destroy is what they had in mind. April 19, early that day, is when the British finally would begin the rage. Minutemen were notified of what was happening. They left their homes in minutes, for that...

Lexington and Concord. (Letters).(Poem)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2002... Lexington and Concord hoped with dismay that the British would not come their way. But the British kept coming, with all they could haul. And they ran right into the colonists with Revere and Dawes. The minutemen were ready, and the rifles were...

Dear Cobblestonians.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Beginning in the 1930s, states in the Midwest became the sites for huge dust storms that recurred every year. Farmland was ruined by these storms, and the land became known as the Dust Bowl. Draw a picture or write a letter or poem about the...

Books to read. (Digging Deeper).(Revolutionary War research)(Bibliography)
October 1, 2002... The Battle of Lexington and Concord by Nell Johnson (New York: Four Winds Press, 1992) contains reenactment photographs that, along with the text, recall the historic battles that led to the Revolutionary War. Grades 3 to 4. Lexington and...

More media. (Digging Deeper).(Revolutionary War information resources)
October 1, 2002... Paul Revere's Ride is a short video that combines history, art, and poetry. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous poem is narrated, and the story of that brave ride is depicted through images and music. For more information, contact SRA, a...

On the web. (Digging Deeper).(information resources on Revolutionary War)
October 1, 2002... For links to Minute Man National Historical Park's (see below) special events and educational programs, go to www.nps.gov/mima. To learn more about Concord Museum's and Lexington Historical Society's (see below) collections, go to...

Places to visit. (Digging Deeper).(Revolutionary War exhibitions)
October 1, 2002... Lexington, Massachusetts The Museum of Our National Heritage contains Revolutionary War artifacts and a 40,000-volume library of books and manuscripts. It also offers traveling exhibitions. The Lexington Historical Society has...

From the archives.
October 1, 2002... Both The Swamp Fox: Francis Marion and the Revolutionary War (COB0112) and Spain and the American Revolution (COB0011), two previous COBBLESTONE issues, look at the battles and leaders who served in the South and the West during the American...