{"id":671,"date":"2011-08-06T11:16:28","date_gmt":"2011-08-06T11:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=671"},"modified":"2011-08-06T11:16:28","modified_gmt":"2011-08-06T11:16:28","slug":"2011-vacation-day-seven-lexington-concord-and-on-to-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/2011\/08\/06\/2011-vacation-day-seven-lexington-concord-and-on-to-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Vacation: Day Seven: Lexington, Concord, and on to Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Entrance<\/a>
Entrance to Minute Man National Historical Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today we visited Lexington and Concord, not far from Boston, MA. \u00a0I really could have spent more time here and would have liked to hike the Battle Road, but three hours were all Candy and the kids could take.<\/p>\n

\"Minute<\/a>
Minute Man Statue near the site of the brief skirmish on Lexington Green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We began in the visitor’s center in Lexington, which is very close to Hanscom Air Force Base, where we spent the night. \u00a0This is the wrong place to start. \u00a0There is little in the visitor’s center and almost nothing related to the battle to see in town. \u00a0Except for this statue (above) and a nice diorama of the fighting at Lexington in the visitor’s center, Lexington is just a nice town.<\/p>\n

From Lexington we headed toward Concord to the Minute Man National Historical Park visitor’s center. \u00a0Tremendous! \u00a0They have a 20-minute movie about Lexington and Concord which is outstanding. \u00a0(Even Candy and the kids enjoyed it!) \u00a0From the visitor’s center, you can get on the Battle Road trail (which would be good for walking, biking, or running). \u00a0There are a couple of buildings near the center that featured in the retreat from Concord in small ways.<\/p>\n

\"One<\/a>
One of the markers along "Battle Road," the line of march back to Boston from Concord<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The real highlight, however, is Concord. \u00a0They’ve reconstructed the North Bridge. \u00a0The visitor’s center (which is not nearly as nice or informative as the Minute Man one) is on the site where MAJ Buttrick had moved his men to better see the bridge and downtown Concord. \u00a0A student intern gave a very good talk near the bridge about the fighting at Concord.<\/p>\n

\"Reconstruction<\/a>
Reconstruction of the North Bridge in Concord, where the "Shot Heard Round the World" occurred<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Monument<\/a>
Monument at Concord near the North Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I really enjoyed this visit, which rekindled my interest in the American Revolution. \u00a0Next time my friend Nick attends the Lexington and Concord re-enactment, I might see if his unit has some extra stuff they can loan me so that I could participate. \u00a0I might also like to drag Dave up here to run the 16-mile trail from Concord to Boston.<\/p>\n

From Concord we headed to Southwest Harbor, on Mount Desert Island, ME, not far from Bar Harbor. \u00a0It was supposed to be a five-hour drive, but it took over seven, mostly due to really bad traffic around Boston and along the border of New Hampshire and Maine. \u00a0Once we checked into our hotel, just outside Acadia National Park, we went to dinner. \u00a0This Summer while on his week-long cruise with the boy scouts on Chesapeake Bay, Tommy had his first crab. \u00a0Since we are in Maine, Candy and Tommy had 1-1\/2-pound lobsters. \u00a0Sammy was creeped out by Tommy’s lobster “staring at her” during dinner. \u00a0Tommy went after his lobster like he was dissecting it for biology class. \u00a0While the verdict was that lobster is “not my favorite thing,” he enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

\"Tommy's<\/a>
Tommy's first lobster at Sea Food Ketch near Southwest Harbor, Maine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tomorrow we’ll be hiking around Acadia National Park and also seeing a lumberjack show in Trenton, Maine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we visited Lexington and Concord, not far from Boston, MA. \u00a0I really could have spent more time here and would have liked to hike the Battle Road, but three hours were all Candy and the kids could take. We began in the visitor’s center in Lexington, which is very close to Hanscom Air Force … Continue reading 2011 Vacation: Day Seven: Lexington, Concord, and on to Maine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}