Muskets crack, drums echo as Boston marks 250 years since British evacuation
BOSTON — Reenactors in 18th-century military coats and tricorn hats filled the pews of one of the nation’s oldest Catholic Churches on Tuesday before firing muskets outside and marching through neighborhood streets, marking the 250th anniversary of the day British forces evacuated the city. Men, horses and even cattle moved through South Boston’s hills in … Read more