Thank you, Don. This helps me decide to focus on one of the Tactical Demonstrations.
Lynne Smith 5 Tabor Hill Road Lincoln, MA 01773 781-258-1175 Sent from my iPhone > On 18 Apr 2025, at 10:00 AM, Donald Hafner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Lynne, > > A good question. These are “tactical demonstrations,” not re-enactments. > There are several reasons for making the distinction. For one, although we > know generally how events unfolded on April 19th, we do not know them in the > degree of detail that would be important to presenting them as historical > replicas. For another, men on both sides died that day on this ground, and > depicting that in a "re-enactment” for theatrical purposes might seem > disrespectful. Not least, in order to make this an event safe for visitors > (and re-enactors), we need to assure safe separations among visitors and > participants, and that means the movement of re-enactors cannot necessarily > be identical to what we know probably happened. > > All that said, what visitors will see, hear, and smell from swirls of > drifting gun smoke will be as close to contemporary accounts of the events as > we can safely manage. Visitors will be enveloped in the events, just as the > residents of Lincoln would have been on the historic day. > > I might note there will be over 800 British soldiers, American militia and > minute men, and fleeing citizens taking part in the drama tomorrow. An event > not to be missed. > > Don Hafner > The Lincoln Minute Men > > From: Lincoln <[email protected]> on behalf of Lynne Smith > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, April 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM > To: Lincoln <[email protected]>, kim bodnar <[email protected]> > Subject: [LincolnTalk] Tactical Demonstration? > > Hello Lincoln, > Can anyone tell me if the Tactical Demo is a reenactment of the fighting or > simply a display of the weapons? I read the Minuteman Park description but am > still unclear. > > Thanks for any more info! > > Lynne Smith > 5 Tabor Hill Road > Lincoln, MA 01773 > 781-258-1175 > Sent from my iPhone > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at > https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1745588514000000&usg=AOvVaw1UjWoOkgrXaOgDRwAJC22S. > Change your subscription settings at > https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln&source=gmail-imap&ust=1745588514000000&usg=AOvVaw0G49mTlAqzCQyAGkOu6hij. >
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