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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 28., One hundred and fiftieth anniversary of patriot's day. (search)
ght some—the ground white—with chilly air and adverse conditions, a contrast to the waving grass of April 19, 1775. But a thousand of the school children and ten thousand people gathered for the occasion about the old home of Captain Isaac Hall. As usual (in recent years) a cavalryman, representing Paul Revere, rode over the bridge into Medford town with his escort. Later came the mayor of Boston, with General Pershing, who inspected the Medford Minute Men of today. The genial owner, Edward Gaffey, made them welcome and opened hospitable doors to many friends. The few Grand Army men left to us turned out, true to the colors, as ever, as well as their associates, and the Legion. A Medford girl read the Ride of Paul Revere; America and Star Spangled Banner were sung, and the mayor made the brief address which we present. Then the rider started, and was followed to Lexington by the fifty-nine Minute Men with their old guns and costumes, not omitting the famous rum barrel. There