Dublin Core
Title
Announcement of 3rd Annual Colonial Day by Assabet Village Minutemen
Creator
Assabet Village Minutemen
Date
1976-06-06
Contributor
Donated by Ken Mattsson
Identifier
2019.539
Document Item Type Metadata
Text
For release in publications of week of Sunday, June 6th, 1976.
ASSABET VILLAGE MINUTEMEN TO HOLD 3RD ANNUAL COLONIAL DAY PARADE
The Assabet Village Minutemen of Maynard will host their 3rd Annual Colonial Day Parade on Sunday, June 20th, 1976, at 1:00 p.m. in downtown Maynard. As in the past, it will be an all Colonial event with Militia and Minutemen Companies of the area in the line of march.
This year the Assabet Village Minutemen will dedicate a granite marker to the memory of the original minutemen who traveled the Old Concord Road on April 19th, 1775, to do battle with the British at the Old North Bridge and along the Battle Road. This marker will be placed on the green on the corner of Acton Street and Concord Street, and will be dedicated with a ceremony midway on the parade route, at approximately 1:30 p.m.
In this, the Bicentennial Year, it is most fitting that we, the present generation should recall the events that took place 200 years ago and the effect that they had on the lives of the average citizens of that time. Many from this area left their homes that fateful morning never to return. For others it was years until they saw homes and families again. In the case of these minutemen who passed through what is now Maynard, they were defending their homes, families, and their rights as Englishmen to remain free and not to be oppressed by laws passed by their King and Parliament 3,000 miles across the sea.
It was these same citizen soldiers who ignited the spark from which sprang the flame of revolution that gave birth to the great nation that we live in today.
It is for us, 20th Century Americans, to remember the legacy of our Colonial ancestors. They gave up everything for us so that we might remain free. Let
us not forget the debt that we owe them.
By erecting this marker on the green, may it bring to mind the sacrifices of our
forefathers and strengthen our love and respect for our country.
The Assabet Village Minutemen were re-activated by the Selectmen of Maynard on April 12th, 1971. Although Maynard was not a town until April 19th, 1871, being made up of sections of the Towns of Stow and Sudbury, many of the citizens of the present town went into battle on April 19th, 1775, with the minutemen and militia companies of the parent towns.
This granite marker is not dedicated only to the men from the area of the present
Town of Maynard, but to all the minutemen and militia who fought for our freedom two centuries ago.
The Assabet Village Minutemen invite you to join with them in this parade and
dedication ceremony in this event commemorating the Bicentennial of our country.
ASSABET VILLAGE MINUTEMEN TO HOLD 3RD ANNUAL COLONIAL DAY PARADE
The Assabet Village Minutemen of Maynard will host their 3rd Annual Colonial Day Parade on Sunday, June 20th, 1976, at 1:00 p.m. in downtown Maynard. As in the past, it will be an all Colonial event with Militia and Minutemen Companies of the area in the line of march.
This year the Assabet Village Minutemen will dedicate a granite marker to the memory of the original minutemen who traveled the Old Concord Road on April 19th, 1775, to do battle with the British at the Old North Bridge and along the Battle Road. This marker will be placed on the green on the corner of Acton Street and Concord Street, and will be dedicated with a ceremony midway on the parade route, at approximately 1:30 p.m.
In this, the Bicentennial Year, it is most fitting that we, the present generation should recall the events that took place 200 years ago and the effect that they had on the lives of the average citizens of that time. Many from this area left their homes that fateful morning never to return. For others it was years until they saw homes and families again. In the case of these minutemen who passed through what is now Maynard, they were defending their homes, families, and their rights as Englishmen to remain free and not to be oppressed by laws passed by their King and Parliament 3,000 miles across the sea.
It was these same citizen soldiers who ignited the spark from which sprang the flame of revolution that gave birth to the great nation that we live in today.
It is for us, 20th Century Americans, to remember the legacy of our Colonial ancestors. They gave up everything for us so that we might remain free. Let
us not forget the debt that we owe them.
By erecting this marker on the green, may it bring to mind the sacrifices of our
forefathers and strengthen our love and respect for our country.
The Assabet Village Minutemen were re-activated by the Selectmen of Maynard on April 12th, 1971. Although Maynard was not a town until April 19th, 1871, being made up of sections of the Towns of Stow and Sudbury, many of the citizens of the present town went into battle on April 19th, 1775, with the minutemen and militia companies of the parent towns.
This granite marker is not dedicated only to the men from the area of the present
Town of Maynard, but to all the minutemen and militia who fought for our freedom two centuries ago.
The Assabet Village Minutemen invite you to join with them in this parade and
dedication ceremony in this event commemorating the Bicentennial of our country.