Before leaving Hingham I finally was able to get a picture of this sign. Massachusetts has one for each of their towns and it's such a kick to drive from one town to another and see this sign with date of settlement started. Hard to get pictures because you don't know where the town line begins and there is no place to pull over for a quick stop and picture. It's a bummer. On this one I was lucky enough after a month to be driving towards sign and 1st at stoplight with camera next to me. ha! All these towns are so historic and have some wonderful history. Too bad so many have been neglected. Roads are terrible in most places and some are really run down while others thrive.. just like anywhere. Just interesting observations. I was taken so much with Hingham because we lived there for 5 weeks and it was so CLEAN! Loved the manicured yards and over 1800 historic homes and some still in residence of 13 generations! That is something in this young country with so littl
One of the great things about our particular lifestyle is the opportunity to visit historical sights around our great country. Since Massachusetts plays a huge role in our nations history it is without a doubt a very historical place with so many places to visit. One of those is the National park in Lexington/Concord. Our nation really began it's "fight" there on 19 Apr. 1775. Unbeknown to us there were 4000 men that day who answered the "alarm". We all have heard about Paul Revere and his famous ride to alert the "patriots" that the British were coming. There is a lot more to that story and the National Park system has the best darn film to explain that day - would be wonderful if every child in school was afforded this type of info.. we loved it! Anyway, we had many ancestors answer that call and had to wonder exactly how many were there and learned there were about 1700 Loyalists army and 4000 patriots. Now take this into consideration... no telephones, no tv, no radio, no walkie talkies, no texting.. this was done by "word of mouth" one to another. One person walked 6 days from New Haven, CT to Concord...... look at a map - would you do it? That is the big question of the day.. what would you be willing to lay down your life for?? 
These people were so convicted and passionate and yes, this dissention with the Government had been building for years ... very, very interesting. 
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