Putnam patriot., 1922-10-13
HAS ANNUAL TOUR
 TO FAMOUS PLACES
High School American History Glass Members Visit His
 toric Spots
Greatly Enjoy John Hancock and Longfello,s Houses and Convict Ship

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 Longfello~ Houses and Convict Ship
 Pour teachers. 2i students of the i Putnam High school. and two others. went ou Che annual American history ltrip last Saturday. taking in historical Ipiaces Iu and about Boston. The trip aas made iu four automobiles
 The first stop was made near ShreWs- lbury. Mass. where Principal E. + Snow pointed oaf the home of Cen Ieral Aremas Ward.
 From there t was nearly an hours fIde to thc WagsIde Inn, at Sudbury. pot which LoagfelloW made famous In his "Taiss af Hayside Inn. n | ithe Inn there are many antiques. and n the barn or taa property are ts,e i iald coaches. IH one of which General 1 Lafayette has ridden. according to d plate un it.
 The historic Concord bridge, across ahieh tho Minute Men and Che British ireguiar exchanged shots. is gone, bat a fine new cement one. built on the eXz 8et pattern af the old wooden one, re- places it.
 See Louisa Alcott House
 The Louisa Neott house on the road between Concord and Lexington was visited by a number Of the party.
 The Sleepy Hollow cemetery, fur ther along tHe same road. where seY- eHal famous men are buried, was not open to automobiles, and because Of the length of tiMe required to walk though, no stop Was made there. On Lexington battle green. in the center of the village of Lexington. the place where the line Of Minute men stood in the first battle of the Revolutionary War, was pointed out. and several monuments on the green were inspect cd.
 < tablet marks the point on the Con cord and Lexington road where Paul Revere's ride ended. and where one of his companions jumped over a wall to escape from fhe British. and kept on Co Concord, where he warned the peo= ple Of the attack of the Regulars.
 The original Concord grapevine, at least so 1t is beralded. is also along this road.
 Spend Hour h Hancock House
 At the John Hancock house in Lex ington a stop of nearly an hour was ma8e. This house is full Of antiques, part of which were in The house when Mr Hancock lived there, and part of which have been collected by the Lex. ington Historical Society At this house. as well as at most of the other houses stopped at. there was a woman who explained many of the interesting things, from a historical standpoint
 Following the visifs in Lexington. the last stop being in front of the home of Henry " toHRfellow. the party made its way into Cambridge. and had lunch in sight of the Charles river the Harvard College buildings, and the Harvard stadium
 Thence to Boston. and the Bunker Hll monument. where the party mo- tnred only to find that the monument was closed So after gazing at the outside of it for f while. and viewing the state house from the outside. and going through the heart of the city. the party arrived at tbe north end. and thence Co the Convict Ship. anchored at Wmrcn's dock This ship is the uly surviving relic of the British pen al system from 1900 to 1870
 Some Stay to Attend Theatre
 After this. all went to the South Station. where two parties were form ed. One of these parties left for home immediately. The other stayed and took in a Boston show The former party reached Putnam about 9 o'clock in the evening. Che other about O. clock in the morning
 The following people went on the trip Teachers, Principal Snow, Miss Bernier, Miss Peterson and Miss Keith. pupils. Theima Bosworth. Edith Peasc. Florence Danforth. Joseph Bove. Edgar lucier. Rose kempton, Gladys Stratton. Elizabeth Humes. Gladys Farnham, Clarina George, Ruth Sweet. Elizabeth Rich Leon T. Wilson Jr. Edward keefc. Franklin Perry. Roy Thompson. Harry Davis. Alfred Bonneville, Arthur Iette. Gel este Reeves. George Gilpatric. Mrs. Peterson and Doris Card