Video
Ask a Ranger! May 15, 2020
Description
1. [1:30 – 4:00] What would a battle between the new American Naval Reserve and a British merchant ship look like? Did either side have cannons or did the Americans board the British ships and battle with swords? Where the Americans mostly victorious in these encounters?
2. [4:10 – 10:54] Might we hear your take on Fiske Hill? I knew about the British falling out of line and being compelled back into formation at the end of their own guns but recently I read that there was actually more skirmishing there as well. Pitcairn and Smith taking hits there, etc.
3. 10:54 – 16:09] Can you comment on James Hayward and his encounter with a British soldier at the Fiske well? How romanticized had that story become by the 19th century?
4. [16:18 – 23:27] Can you speak about the enslaved person named Casey? I noticed a post with some information about him in the woods near the Wayside. Can you also speak about the underground railroad and how that ridge was used to help those enslaved?
5. [23:35 – 24:56] Is Minute Man offering a virtual Junior Ranger badge program? Do you know of any of the other national parks in the region offering a virtual Junior Ranger program?
6. [25:01 – 28:28] Who has oversight and/or responsibility for the care of the graves of British soldiers at North Bridge and at other sites along the Battle Road? Does the British Government play any role in the upkeep of gravesites? Are there any plans to use non-invasive archaeology to verify the locations and possible number of graves in the vicinity of these markers?
Duration
29 minutes, 16 seconds
Credit
Jim Hollister
Date Created
05/14/2020
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