The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-11
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Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Martin of this
city have the following letter from
their son Lester, who enlisted in the
navy and is now being trained at Har.
ward University:
Cambridge, Mass.-Dear Folks: Wei
l suppose you want to hear about my
trip here and what | have been doing
since. We arrived here covered with
dust, but feeling fine. We left the
Great Lakes at 8:35 a. m. and got
into Chicago in time to take the Mich.
igan Central. Altogether there were
ga of us in the two coaches. a. De-
troit we had about Is minutes and we
got out and ran all over the station
like a bunch Of wild men. From there
we went through a tunnel and into
Canada, just across the line. We got
out and walked around on Canadian
soil. At Troy and Albany the Red
Cross gave us sandwiches and bars.
Between Troy and Cambridge we saw
some pretty country, especially the
Berkshire Hills.
We were glad when we got here,
though. There are about 1000 sailors
here so you see we aren't the only
ones.
Yesterday a bunch of us went to
Boston and today | went to Concord
and Lexington. will tell you about
Boston first. We took a subway street
car and landed on Park street. We
went to the Boston Common, there we
saw a place where Washington took
command of the army. We saw where
the Boston massacre was; the only
way it can be told is by a circle in the
center of a street crossing. We went
to the Old North Church. 1t is a large
church with box seats. 1t happened
there was going to be a wedding there
a little later, but we didn't have time
to stay. We then went up to the Sec
ond oldest cemetery in Boston, some
of the people were buried there in the
18th century. From there we could
see the Charleston Naval Yard. There
were some big boats in the harbor. I
saw the battleship Georgia and got a
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back to Harvard for supper and then
went to Revere Beach. When | got
nrst view of the Atlantic the tide
was just coming in and it was sure
pretty.
Now for the other trip. We left
here about 9 this a. m. and took a train
to Concord. We went to the bridge
where the first battle was fought.
There is a statue at both ends of it.
The bridge is of cement and not very
old but is supposed to be an exact re-
production of the original. There were
seven OF us in Jul bunch and WI had
our pictures taken with the Minute
Men statue as a background. When
We were going back we went through
Sleepy Hollow cemetery. 1t is a beau
tiful place. We saw Emerson's and
H~awthorn's graves; Emerson's has a
small but pretty stone; H~awthorn's
has just a small slab of marble at his
head and feet. 1t is all enclosed by a
hedge and fence.
We walked the seven miles from
Concord to Lexington, say Emerson's
and Hawthorn's homes, the road be-
tween Concord and Lexington is sure
pretty and there We're plenty of places
for the Minute Men TO shoot from. We
saw the revolutionary soldiers monu-
ment, a statue Of Capt. Parker. We
We're in the house where John Hand
cock died. 1t is a fine place to see
old relics and is worth seeing.
This gives you some idea of how
spend my spare time. viii tell you
some more later. Lester L. Martin.
Harvard So. p. O., Cambridge, Mass.
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