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Playing the role of James Haskell, an officer in the Minutemen militia company, Bob Eiland gestures to Haskell’s grave.
Left: Didi Chadran reads from the perspective of Jabez Keep, who was an officer in the Minutemen militia company and whose company fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill as reinforcements for Colonel Prescott. Right: Acting as Josiah Whitney, a colonel in the Lancaster regiment, Bruce Davidson speaks at the grave of Andrew Park, who was wounded in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Acting as Joseph Wheeler, who was Harvard’s second minister and a member of the Alarm Men militia, Nick Browse speaks to a captivated audience at the grave of Daniel Johnson, who succeeded Wheeler as the town minister in 1770.
Left;Standing at the grave of Isaac Gates, a militia captain and wealthy landowner, Melissa Marteney reads aloud his story from the perspective of Gates’ wife, Submit Lawrence. Right: Ed Sterling tells the story of Joseph Fairbank, who organized the Alarm Men militia and led the march from Harvard to Cambridge on April 19, 1775.
Accompanied by fife players, the Congregational Church choir sings “Lamentation Over Boston,” a song written by William Billings in 1775. From left: fife players Claire Rindenello and Margery Goldstein, singers Jane Parker, Heidi Wharton, Melissa Marteney, David Marteney, Kathy Hewett, and Joan Blue, and choir director Michael Lauer.
