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First Patriots' Day, The: An Eyewitness Account By Dr. Alfred Worcester
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04/01/1950
In 1950, Parker Wheatley, General Manager, Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council. interviews 95-year old Dr. Alfred Worcester of Waltham, Massachusetts about his memory of his great-grandmother telling him, in about 1860, of the Battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775.
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- Program
- First Patriots' Day, The: An Eyewitness Account By Dr. Alfred Worcester
- Program Description
In 1950, Parker Wheatley, General Manager, Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council. interviews 95-year old Dr. Alfred Worcester of Waltham, Massachusetts about his memory of his great-grandmother telling him, in about 1860, of the Battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775. Copy resides in National Archives. 4/1950.
- Duration
00:14:10
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Audio
- Subjects
- Battles
- Patriots' Day
- Lexington (Mass.)
- United States History Revolution, 1775-1783
- Minutemen (Militia)
- Concord (Mass.)
- Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775
- Locations
- Waltham, MA
- Genres
- Interview
- Topics
- History
- Contributors
- Wheatley, Parker (Interviewer)
- Worcester, Alfred (Interviewee)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “First Patriots' Day, The: An Eyewitness Account By Dr. Alfred Worcester,” 04/01/1950, GBH Archives, accessed July 27, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_19604B1068994FA9921201160FBD0B59.
- MLA: “First Patriots' Day, The: An Eyewitness Account By Dr. Alfred Worcester.” 04/01/1950. GBH Archives. Web. July 27, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_19604B1068994FA9921201160FBD0B59>.
- APA: First Patriots' Day, The: An Eyewitness Account By Dr. Alfred Worcester. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_19604B1068994FA9921201160FBD0B59