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Paul Revere’s Ride Reenactment Caps Off Patriot’s Day Parade [Photos]

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The annual Patriot’s Day Parade was held on Monday morning, ending in Boston’s North End with the reenactment of Paul Revere’s midnight ride on April 18, 1775. Performing the reenactment were the Massachusetts National Lancers with Boston Mayor Marty Walsh handing orders to Paul Revere on Brown Beauty. Revere rides down Hanover Street to Charlestown and follows a route that leads to the Lexington Battle Green.

Photos by Matt Conti [MattConti.com]

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The Inaugural Lecture is in recognition of the ground breaking of Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway in 2010.

Date & Time:            Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 7pm

Place:                          Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts 

Keynote Speaker:     Kerry Kennedy

Human Rights Activist; Founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, Washington, D.C.;  Author of Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who are Changing Our World

Opening Remarks:   Peter Balakian

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Free and open to the public, the lecture is offered in partnership with The Bostonian Society, academic institutions and human rights organizations.