tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post8858931804718547605..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: “The march they chose was…”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-74044165910044270652012-09-09T20:41:44.037-05:002012-09-09T20:41:44.037-05:00Actually, I discussed Earl Percy’s marching music ...Actually, I discussed Earl Percy’s marching music <a href="http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2007/05/repartee-stuck-by-his-lordship.html" rel="nofollow">back in this post</a>. (Five years ago? Yikes.)J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-8921582525054309982012-09-09T19:22:41.549-05:002012-09-09T19:22:41.549-05:00"Yankee Doodle" is of course reported in..."Yankee Doodle" is of course reported in connection with the beginning of the war -- specifically, the story that Lord Percy's men played it while they were lined up on Tremont Street on the morning of April 19, 1775, awaiting the order to depart for the countryside, as reinforcements for the units that had already gone to Lexington and Concord. (Although the way things are going, maybe we'll see that legend dispelled by a future post on this blog.)<br /><br />On another note, this is an excellent post; my thanks go to both J.L. and Sue. Any reader who hasn't done so already should be sure to click on the link marked "there is nothing but Alexander Garden...."Charles Bahnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-11299472909038142692012-09-09T16:57:48.833-05:002012-09-09T16:57:48.833-05:00Yes, there is the phenomenon of "flashbulb me...Yes, there is the phenomenon of "flashbulb memory." J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-16675023142650431742012-09-09T15:54:29.464-05:002012-09-09T15:54:29.464-05:00Maybe so. But I believe I can remember the exact ...Maybe so. But I believe I can remember the exact words spoken to me some 50 years (almost) ago, specifically on Nov. 22,1963 about 1 pm EST as I was on the steps of the Uof Rochester library.Bill Harshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094598931693185805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-62192925084443630962012-09-09T10:55:10.489-05:002012-09-09T10:55:10.489-05:00oh, thank YOU! There is another tune that is is i...oh, thank YOU! There is another tune that is is indeed associated with the surrender, having been rather gleefully reported and re-reported in colonial papers up and down the coast. . that would be, of course, Yankee Doodle.Susannoreply@blogger.com