APRIL

Frog Moon  (Cree)

Have you joined any group for the PARADE?  June 20th – Don’t miss out!  If your family has bicycles you can decorate them and JOIN the Parade!

Welcome to the April QR pages!  The themes for April are Minutemen, Journeycakes, Spiders and fools.

On April 19th, 1775, 73 Townsend Minutemen answered the call to March to Lexington and Concord.  200 years later this march was honored with a march from the Common to the Reed House along the Rail Trail with 73 participants carrying wooden replicas of a Brown Bess musket. And, you know about April Fools’ Day, or All Fools Day, but have you ever eaten a ‘fool’?  Are you looking for the ‘fools’ on this page?

April Trivia Questions:  1. Journeycakes were sometimes called “Spider Cornbread” Why “Spider?”

2. How did the dessert “Fool” come to be called a “Fool”?           3.What species of frogs can be heard (often very loud) in April?

And, do you know how the first day of April came to be called April Fool’s Day? Find out in this link: Origins of April Fool’s Day

Minutemen:  Historical Articles (Minutemen Unveiled)

Minutemen, especially for history buffs! Feeding Revolutionary Soldiers

Journey, or “Johnny” Cakes (The easy-to-pack food for any soldier or journeyman!)

About Johnnycakes         “What Boston Ate”            More on Journeycakes           Even more on Johnnycakes!!!

Recipes for a ‘fool’ –  Do not be a ‘fool,’ try one yourself!   Gooseberry Fool               Curious Tale of Fools             Fruit Fool

Battles of the Revolutionary War:  Battle of Block Island:   John Paul Jones on the Battle of Long Island     Battle of Block Island for Kids

Grievances: He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

 He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.