Larry Young of Manchester, dressed in period costume, leads pupils in a game as he gives them a taste of what Revolutionary-era life was in a program titled "Manchester Alive in 1775" Allegra Boverman
Young shows kindergartners Amelia Costa, left, and Aiden Brown how to play stool ball. Allegra Boverman
Young teaches the class a period songs that children in 1775 would sing. Allegra Boverman
Young talks about his period outfit – stockings, garters to hold up the stockings, knee britches, shirttails, waistcoat, coat and hat. Allegra Boverman
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MANCHESTER — Resident Larry Young, a history re-enacting musician, took pupils at Memorial Elementary School back to 1775 and gave them a taste last week of what Revolutionary-era life was like for children.
In a program titled "Manchester Alive in 1775," he taught them period dances, games, discussed era-specific music, household chores and clothing, too. Here, kindergartners learn a dance.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Gloucester Daily Times. Francis Bruni, now of Rockport, originally of Gloucester, talking about his Navy service, including aboard the destroyer USS William D. Porter, on which he was serving when it sank, though no one was hurt or killed.
Francis Bruni is among the few remaining World War II veterans who escaped unharmed from a sinking destroyer damaged by a kamikaze pilot during the Battle of Okinawa on June 10, 1945, some two months before the end of the war. "I didn't even get my f
Continued ...When it comes to service to one's country, all veterans stand in one circle. In the case of Cape Ann's Memorial Day services Monday morning, there will be a blending of all sorts of ceremonies, with a special Gloucester focus this Monday holiday on
Continued ...BOSTON -- Gloucester is targeted to receive more than $1 million in so-called Chapter 90 funding for local road improvements, paving and repair projects -- and Cape Ann is in line to receive more than $1.7 milion overall -- but much of the summer rep
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