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Cool, so are you one of those dressed in Patriot brown? or British red? Nowhere is Patriot's Day celebrated with more fervor than in the towns surrounding Boston. Back in the old days, such fervor was a point of honor that could (and did, at times)require legal intervention. It was from some such feud between the towns of Acton and Concord in 1825 that identified for posterity one of the tunes played by the Acton company's fife and drum as they approached the bridge, "The White Cockade," this according to a deposition sworn before Josiah Adams, a Justice of the Peace ("the witness whistled the tune, which was known to me by that name"). There is another fife tune known to have been played at and after the skirmish,that being the ubiquitous 'Yankee Doodle.' This was widely reported in the newspapers, much to the chagrin of the humiliated British, who had to endure not only the indignity of being picked off, one by one, by a highly unorganized citizenry hiding behind trees and stone walls but also the wry and pointed satire inherent in the tune, which plagued their ears on the return march to Boston. But I digress. Hope you had a fun day!
Apr 8, 2013, 11:08:56 AM
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