Saturday, September 30, 2023

A Call to Arms! - The Nerds Need Your Help

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“The news reached us about nine o’clock A.M. The east company in Needham met at my house as part of the Military stores were deposited with ...
Sunday, August 27, 2023

"No Person Above Sixty Years of Age" - The Massachusetts Alarm Lists of Lexington and Concord

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About two weeks ago, a question was posed on the Facebook discussion page “ Progressive Rev War Reenactors ” regarding what Massachusetts al...
Saturday, August 5, 2023

"Found Dead Within A Few Rods Of The House" - The Non-Combatant Casualties of April 19, 1775

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The Nerds are once again returning to the Battles of Lexington and Concord and taking a deep dive into the civilian experiences of that fate...
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Saturday, June 10, 2023

“Went Hallooing and Frolicking Through the Streets” - New England's Day of Darkness

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With much of the Northeast United States enveloped in a weird, thick yellow smoke from the wildfires of Canada, the Nerds thought they would...
Saturday, May 20, 2023

"I Got My Chaise, Took My Wife and Children" - A Male Evacuee's Eyewitness Account of April 19, 1775

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Over the past few months. The Nerds have discussed five known accounts of civilians, exclusively of women, who came in direct contact with H...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

"We Support the Site" - Why Criticism of Minute Man National Park's Authenticity Standards Are Misguided

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Rarely do the Nerds issue an editorial or commentary on controversial topics or issues within the hobby. Since this blog debuted in 2015, we...
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Friday, March 31, 2023

"I Was Horror-Struck" - Lexington's Rebekah Fiske's Eye Witness Account of April 19, 1775

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A couple of months ago, we discussed four known accounts of women who came in direct contact with His Majesty’s forces on April 19, 1775. T...
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