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Boston marks 135 years since the first shots of the Revolution
The piece recalls the night when British troops moved to Boston 135 years ago, with scenes along Tremont Street, the North End lantern signal from the Old North Church, and the march toward Lexington and Concord. It notes Revere Dawes and others, Dorothy Quincy and John Hancock’s circle, and the retreat to Charlestown as news spread of the fighting.
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Boston
Tremont Street
Inahineton Street
Eliot Square
Dudley Stone
Eliot
Percy
Chevy Chase
Down Town
Lexington
Gage
Sons of Liberty
Charlestown
Revere
North End
Longfellow
Eben Dorr
William Dawes
Dr. Warren
Lechmere’s Point
East Cambridge
Court House
Committee of Safety
Old North Church
Deacon Larkin
Lexington and
Concord
Dorothy Quincy
John Hancock
Clark
Hancock
Lexington Green
Continental Congress
Adams
Clark Homestead
Dorothy
Colonies
Pickering
Salem
Earl Percy
Aington
Lex
Minutemen
Roce
Melinne Milton
Charlestown Common
Heath
Danvers
Britain