Friday, July 9, 2010

We left New Haven and drove a couple of hours up to Lexington, Massachusetts, where we wanted to see the battlefields of the American Revolution. 

The Minuteman Statue on Lexington Green

 The town is similar to 1775 when the shot was heard around the world. The Lexington Green is the same as then except for the paved streets. We toured one of the museums that Sam Adams and John Hancock stayed in the night before the battle of Lexington. What an inspiration to read and see what the founding fathers went through to secure their liberty. It is something that is not taught in the public schools like it once was, sadly.

A Liberty Tree
 
We did not have time to see it all and hope to go back next week and finish the tour which will include Concord as well.

  Mr. Parker's famous admonition



 We then headed to Maine again to visit our friends the Tiners in North Belgrade and report to their church which has supported us for at least 20 years.