Rainy days and Mondays no longer get me down (yes, the Carpenters, 1971) Rainy day bringing May flowers 🌺 ! A bird singing in the rain sounded like a cardinal, or perhaps a specialty Gene Kelley bird, since it was “Singing in the Rain”? First to the Lexington Visitors Ctr where the video was integrated with a narrator who was also on a video, but appearing on a separate screen at the set of the tavern. Quite a story of the events on April 19, 1775 in our country’s history when the British Army marches to Concord, MA to capture weapons that had been stockpiled there by Colonists. Colonists knew of the plan which would take less time for the British to arrive if they came over the Charles River, which they did. Two lanterns are hung in North Church…one if by land, two if by sea. On horseback, Paul Revere spreads the alarm heading West while Dawes goes out on route South. In Lexington, Revere and Dawes encounter Samuel Prescott, who joins them in spreading the alarm. A British patrol surprises them and captures Revere. By 5 a.m. Colonial militiamen awaited the British Army on Lexington Green. The first blood was shed around 5 a.m. and 8 colonists die. By 7 a.m. several hundred colonial militiamen watch from nearby hills as British search for weaponry that had been well hidden by Colonists. British burned some supplies the fire of which was observed by the militiamen who thought the British were burning their town. At North Bridge around 9:30 a.m., the Colonial militia confronts the British soldiers who kill 2 colonials. Order to return fire is given by militia officer and “the shot heard round the world” is made, considered an act of treason by British. The Revolutionary war begins and continues with this battle costing lives of 73 British and 49 Colonials and many wounded. In the 1800s, April 19 was marked as Patriots Day and was celebrated with a running race which developed into what we now know as the Boston Marathon. In less than hour’s drive, I arrived at Lowell Natl Historical park to learn of the textile industry born in Lowell as an early experiment in creating a model for cotton manufacturing that was replicated throughout the country, with women initially working machinery and being paid! The rise and fall of that industry and its effects on Lowell are most interesting. The initial experiment also included the social aspects of workers, providing housing and support for women which continues to this day in Lowell in different forms. I heard a portion of the volume level of the factory equipment in the museum and just that was deafening-how did these workers not lose their hearing after hearing the din for 10-12 hours a day, six days a week, for years! Women also organized a strike! Quite amazing! Then off to NTB in Woburn to have oil change and tires rotated, but the frustration of getting to NTB was a challenge since the location was not on GPS, which I didn’t realize until I arrived at a housing development! After calling the repair shop to say I’d be late for my appointment, I got directions and also that they were located across from Lowe’s. I followed the directions which didn’t work and finally used GPS app to get me to Lowe’s. From Lowe’s I looked and saw the NTB sign, through a maze of other signs, which I then could figure out how to get there-whew!
Under my Brolly most of the day
Now Is Heaven 
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