Lexington reenactment brings home American patriotism

Lexington reenactment brings home American patriotism

LEXINGTON – Hundreds of people packed together on Lexington Green in the early morning hours Monday to commemorate the 241st anniversary of the Battle of Lexington.

The confrontation between Massachusetts militia volunteers, known as Minutemen, and the troops of Great Britain is marked as the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.

Saudi threat over 9/11 bill spurs uproar on eve of Obama visit
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Saudi threat over 9/11 bill spurs uproar on eve of Obama visit

Evan Lips

WASHINGTON – Ahead of President Barack Obama's jaunt to Saudi Arabia this week, the Persian Gulf nation laid down a threat last week.

The Arab kingdom demanded the defeat a bipartisan bill pending in Congress that would let families of Sept. 11 victims sue the government in Riyadh over any role it may have had in aiding the terrorists in that attack or face the sell off of $750 billion in American assets, mainly debt issued by the U.S. Treasury.

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