Today's Patriots' Day Parade was a beautifully executed event. If there was a hitch, it was kept quiet and the crowd enjoyed the day. While we have all seen lots of wonderful photos of the parade, this year we thought we'd offer some of the after-parade business... views that not everybody gets to see.
At right: Shirley Rohan, Concord's Honored Citizen, 2009, being recognized at the Concord Independent Battery's annual post-parade lunch. Below, from left: the Battery on Heywood Meadow, backing a caissons into the gunhouse. (Note the discoloration around the cannon's touchhole caused by firing.) Center: inside the gunhouse. Right: crew from the USNS Concord sent to participate in the parade. At center, the ship's Assistant Officer in Charge flanked left and right respectively by the Concord's Junior and Senior Sailors of the Year. (Sorry, but we don't have their names.) Click on any image here for a larger view.
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