An American soldier stands ready to defend. Thank goodness some things don’t change.
Lexington Green and nearby Concord Bridge are both comfortably crowded with tourists; the granite base below the statue is almost continuously occupied with families posing for pictures beneath the statue.
Unlike that day in 1775, we were free from fear of the British Regulars; we had dinner at an Italian restaurant, as common in Massachusetts as taco stands are in Los Angeles.
