Introduction
This theme encompasses the others to show relationships between the growth of our towns and cities and the development of democratic principles. The people of Freedom’s Way came to understand democracy as a way of life. The land was their legacy for future generations.
The re-enactments in Lexington and Minute Man National Historic Park every year bring close to 2 million visitors hungry for the spirit that prevails in those towns. We add other places that are part of the American story in the Freedom’s Way area. Our historic centers and paths are hallowed places; they became mustering fields and battlegrounds.
Surely, there is a renewed interest in American history, in our beginnings and our passages. The enormous outpouring of patriotism in 1775 is an emblem of the spirit that has always engulfed our country. Nothing educates better than the real thing.
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| Re-enactment |