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1. BTMTV_180928_07.JPG: Moving Up To Cathedral Hill: Three Centuries of Change Mount Vernon Cultural Walk Saratoga Street marks your arrival at Cathedral Hill, a neighborhood packed with three centuries of architecture. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Baltimoreans built some of their finest mansions and churches on Cathedral Hill. Today's St. Paul Episcopal Church, located across Charles Street, was the fourth church structure built on the congregation's original site. St. Paul's Rectory, located a block west on Saratoga Street, served St. Paul's clergy form 1791 to 1990. The town homes of Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), founder of Johns Hopkins University, and A.S. Abell (1806-1888), founder of the Baltimore Sun, flanked St. Paul's Rectory in the 1850s, making this block one of the most prestigious addresses in Baltimore. During the late 19th century, social and fraternal organizations moved into the area. The Masonic Temple, directly south of St. Paul's Church, was constructed in 1869 and remodeled in 1890, 1908, and 2005 as the Tremont Grand. Directly north of this sign, the YMCA building was built in 1872-1873, remodeled into offices in 1920, and converted into loft-style apartments in 2001. In 1892, the Odd Fellows built their ‘clubhouse' directly west of St. Paul's Rectory, a building now renovated into offices. On Cathedral Hill, Charles Street narrows, marking the northern edge of the 1904 fire. Many businesses, looking to reopen after the fire, relocated to Cathedral Hill and renovated old mansions or built new buildings. Charles Street became a posh retail street that was dubbed the "Fifth Avenue of the South." Specialty retailers, along with religious and cultural institutions, fraternal organizations, professional offices, clubs, and a rich architectural setting, made Charles Street a favorite spot for Baltimoreans to parade, socialize, and be seen. An 1801 image of the rectory of St. Paul's Episcopal Church (on the left) and St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church (on the right). St. Peter's, built in 1770, was the first Catholic Church in Baltimore and stood on the site until 1841. The town home of A.S. Abell, once located directly west of St. Paul's Rectory, was built around 1825 and demolished in 1883 when Cathedral Street was extended from Saratoga to Mulberry Street. Johns Hopkins bought this 1830s-era house in 1851. When Hopkins died in the house in 1873, he bequeathed seven million dollars to create a university and hospital. Once located directly across Saratoga Street from St. Paul's Rectory, the Rennert Hotel was built in 1885 and demolished in 1941. H.L. Mencken (1886-1956) ate oysters and drank beer in the hotel's restaurant and bar, and political boss John J. (Sonny) Mahon (1849-1928) gave orders to his lieutenants from a plush couch in the hotel's lobby. Baltimore's own hard-boiled detective novelist Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961 used the hotel for a scene of battle between political bosses in his 1931 novel The Glass Key. At the north corner of Charles and Saratoga Streets, the still standing YMCA building is depicted with its Victorian-era towers in this 1890 illustration. The towers were removed in the early 20th century. Baltimoreans had built the nation' first YMCA in 1859, several blocks west of this site. Mid-1930s image of North Charles Street just north of Saratoga Street. Robert Grier Cooke, president of the Fifth Avenue Association of New York, said that "Charles Street is not only a source of pride of the whole city, but of the world at large."
2. BTMTV_180928_13.JPG: Moving Up To Cathedral Hill: Three Centuries of Change Mount Vernon Cultural Walk Saratoga Street marks your arrival at Cathedral Hill, a neighborhood packed with three centuries of architecture. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Baltimoreans built some of their finest mansions and churches on Cathedral Hill. Today's St. Paul Episcopal Church, located across Charles Street, was the fourth church structure built on the congregation's original site. St. Paul's Rectory, located a block west on Saratoga Street, served St. Paul's clergy form 1791 to 1990. The town homes of Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), founder of Johns Hopkins University, and A.S. Abell (1806-1888), founder of the Baltimore Sun, flanked St. Paul's Rectory in the 1850s, making this block one of the most prestigious addresses in Baltimore. During the late 19th century, social and fraternal organizations moved into the area. The Masonic Temple, directly south of St. Paul's Church, was constructed in 1869 and remodeled in 1890, 1908, and 2005 as the Tremont Grand. Directly north of this sign, the YMCA building was built in 1872-1873, remodeled into offices in 1920, and converted into loft-style apartments in 2001. In 1892, the Odd Fellows built their ‘clubhouse' directly west of St. Paul's Rectory, a building now renovated into offices. On Cathedral Hill, Charles Street narrows, marking the northern edge of the 1904 fire. Many businesses, looking to reopen after the fire, relocated to Cathedral Hill and renovated old mansions or built new buildings. Charles Street became a posh retail street that was dubbed the "Fifth Avenue of the South." Specialty retailers, along with religious and cultural institutions, fraternal organizations, professional offices, clubs, and a rich architectural setting, made Charles Street a favorite spot for Baltimoreans to parade, socialize, and be seen. An 1801 image of the rectory of St. Paul's Episcopal Church (on the left) and St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church (on the right). St. Peter's, built in 1770, was the first Catholic Church in Baltimore and stood on the site until 1841.
3. BTMTV_180928_16.JPG: The town home of A.S. Abell, once located directly west of St. Paul's Rectory, was built around 1825 and demolished in 1883 when Cathedral Street was extended from Saratoga to Mulberry Street.
4. BTMTV_180928_19.JPG: Johns Hopkins bought this 1830s-era house in 1851. When Hopkins died in the house in 1873, he bequeathed seven million dollars to create a university and hospital.
5. BTMTV_180928_22.JPG: Once located directly across Saratoga Street from St. Paul's Rectory, the Rennert Hotel was built in 1885 and demolished in 1941. H.L. Mencken (1886-1956) ate oysters and drank beer in the hotel's restaurant and bar, and political boss John J. (Sonny) Mahon (1849-1928) gave orders to his lieutenants from a plush couch in the hotel's lobby. Baltimore's own hard-boiled detective novelist Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961 used the hotel for a scene of battle between political bosses in his 1931 novel The Glass Key.
6. BTMTV_180928_26.JPG: At the north corner of Charles and Saratoga Streets, the still standing YMCA building is depicted with its Victorian-era towers in this 1890 illustration. The towers were removed in the early 20th century. Baltimoreans had built the nation' first YMCA in 1859, several blocks west of this site.
7. BTMTV_180928_29.JPG: Mid-1930s image of North Charles Street just north of Saratoga Street. Robert Grier Cooke, president of the Fifth Avenue Association of New York, said that "Charles Street is not only a source of pride of the whole city, but of the world at large."
8. BTMTV_180928_33.JPG: Mount Vernon Cultural Walk Welcome Discover Mount Vernon Cultural Walk, a 3 mile walking trail through one of America's premier cultural districts. The trail connects 24 historic sites and museums along the Charles Street Byway -- a great place to sight-see, shop, and dine. From Charles Center to Mount Vernon Place, from the B&O Railroad building to the Peabody Institute. Baltimore's rich cultural landscape rises from the Chesapeake along the Cultural Walk. Set out on an adventure of discovery in Baltimore!
9. BTMTV_180928_44.JPG: Expanding the American Intellect: Icons and Iconoclasts Mount Vernon Cultural Walk "My library," Enoch Pratt said, "shall be for all, rich and poor without distinction of race or color, who, when properly accredited, can take out the books if they will handle them carefully and return them." In 1886, with the opening of the central library and four branch libraries, the Enoch Pratt Free Library became the first citywide library system in the country. The Pratt Library cares for the papers of Baltimore's greatest literary figure H.L. Mencken (1880-1956). As an icon and iconoclast of the modernist movement, Mencken pioneered realism In fiction, promoted writers (Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, Theodore Dreiser, Joseph Conrad and others), and edited two literary magazines, Smart Set and American Mercury, which directly influenced literature worldwide. Other writers called Baltimore home. Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) based his groundbreaking economic tome, The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), on observations of Baltimore culture. John Dos Passos (1896-1970) spent 17 years in Baltimore and wrote voluminously at Johns Hopkins University, the Pratt and George Peabody libraries. Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), the author of The Jungle (1906), was born at 417 North Charles Street and lived much of his youth in Baltimore. Another social reformer and Mount Vernon resident, Charles J. Bonaparte (1851-1921), grand nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, became President Theodore Roosevelt's Attorney General. In 1906, he led landmark antitrust investigations against Standard Oil, Union Pacific Railroad, and the American Tobacco Company. He created the Bureau of Investigation, the precursor to the FBI, and advocated and achieved many progressive social reforms in Baltimore and the nation. Front facade of the Central Enoch Pratt Free Library built on Mulberry Street in 1886. The building was demolished in the early 30s to make way for the current library building. The main reading room of the original Pratt Free Library. Pratt's philanthropic activities impressed Andrew Carnegie so much he declared "Pratt was my pioneer." Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825), a lawyer, U.S. Senator,. and Vice Presidential candidate, lived in this house, located directly across the street from the cathedral. Harper was also a leader in the Liberia movement, a controversial movement to help free African Americans colonize the west coast of Africa. Enoch Pratt (1808-1896) moved to Baltimore in 1831 and began a wholesale hardware business. He invested heavily in coal mines and iron foundries, became very wealthy, and donated large sums for the benefit of Baltimore and North Middleborough, Massachusetts, his hometown. He funded the building of the Workingmen's Institute and Library in Canton, the Enoch Pratt Free Library system in Baltimore and the Sheppard Asylum (Now Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital.) Town houses that stood directly across the street from the cathedral's main entrance were demolished in the 1930s to make way for the current Enoch Pratt Free Library Building. Some of Baltimore's wealthiest citizens, including doctors, lawyers, merchants, senators and mayors, lived across the street from the cathedral where Pratt now stands. Charles J. Bonaparte continuously fought for the rights of African Americans. While he was Attorney General, he expressed his underlying beliefs about race relations in America, "Every race of people is driven to the woods or die out that comes in contact with the Caucasian race. The Negro race is the only one race on the globe that has lived, thriven, flourished and multiplied by the side of the Caucasian race. This one fact bespeaks volumes in the Negro's favor, and no eloquence can be stronger than that single fad to prove the Negro's greatness." John Widgeon (1850-1937), an African American, worked for the Maryland Academy of Science, located on Mulberry, from 1870 to the early 1930s. Although Widgeon was hired as a janitor, he assumed the responsibilities of collecting, classifying and exhibiting many artifacts from the Academy's natural history collection. He died in 1937 after receiving an honorary Masters of Science degree from the Academy.
10. BTMTV_180928_47.JPG: Expanding the American Intellect: Icons and Iconoclasts Mount Vernon Cultural Walk "My library," Enoch Pratt said, "shall be for all, rich and poor without distinction of race or color, who, when properly accredited, can take out the books if they will handle them carefully and return them." In 1886, with the opening of the central library and four branch libraries, the Enoch Pratt Free Library became the first citywide library system in the country. The Pratt Library cares for the papers of Baltimore's greatest literary figure H.L. Mencken (1880-1956). As an icon and iconoclast of the modernist movement, Mencken pioneered realism In fiction, promoted writers (Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, Theodore Dreiser, Joseph Conrad and others), and edited two literary magazines, Smart Set and American Mercury, which directly influenced literature worldwide. Other writers called Baltimore home. Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) based his groundbreaking economic tome, The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), on observations of Baltimore culture. John Dos Passos (1896-1970) spent 17 years in Baltimore and wrote voluminously at Johns Hopkins University, the Pratt and George Peabody libraries. Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), the author of The Jungle (1906), was born at 417 North Charles Street and lived much of his youth in Baltimore. Another social reformer and Mount Vernon resident, Charles J. Bonaparte (1851-1921), grand nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, became President Theodore Roosevelt's Attorney General. In 1906, he led landmark antitrust investigations against Standard Oil, Union Pacific Railroad, and the American Tobacco Company. He created the Bureau of Investigation, the precursor to the FBI, and advocated and achieved many progressive social reforms in Baltimore and the nation. Front facade of the Central Enoch Pratt Free Library built on Mulberry Street in 1886. The building was demolished in the early 30s to make way for the current library building. The main reading room of the original Pratt Free Library. Pratt's philanthropic activities impressed Andrew Carnegie so much he declared "Pratt was my pioneer."
11. BTMTV_180928_51.JPG: Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825), a lawyer, U.S. Senator,. and Vice Presidential candidate, lived in this house, located directly across the street from the cathedral. Harper was also a leader in the Liberia movement, a controversial movement to help free African Americans colonize the west coast of Africa. Enoch Pratt (1808-1896) moved to Baltimore in 1831 and began a wholesale hardware business. He invested heavily in coal mines and iron foundries, became very wealthy, and donated large sums for the benefit of Baltimore and North Middleborough, Massachusetts, his hometown. He funded the building of the Workingmen's Institute and Library in Canton, the Enoch Pratt Free Library system in Baltimore and the Sheppard Asylum (Now Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital.) Town houses that stood directly across the street from the cathedral's main entrance were demolished in the 1930s to make way for the current Enoch Pratt Free Library Building. Some of Baltimore's wealthiest citizens, including doctors, lawyers, merchants, senators and mayors, lived across the street from the cathedral where Pratt now stands. Charles J. Bonaparte continuously fought for the rights of African Americans. While he was Attorney General, he expressed his underlying beliefs about race relations in America, "Every race of people is driven to the woods or die out that comes in contact with the Caucasian race. The Negro race is the only one race on the globe that has lived, thriven, flourished and multiplied by the side of the Caucasian race. This one fact bespeaks volumes in the Negro's favor, and no eloquence can be stronger than that single fad to prove the Negro's greatness." John Widgeon (1850-1937), an African American, worked for the Maryland Academy of Science, located on Mulberry, from 1870 to the early 1930s. Although Widgeon was hired as a janitor, he assumed the responsibilities of collecting, classifying and exhibiting many artifacts from the Academy's natural history collection. He died in 1937 after receiving an honorary Masters of Science degree from the Academy.
12. BTMTV_180928_57.JPG: Enoch Pratt (1808-1896) moved to Baltimore in 1831 and began a wholesale hardware business. He invested heavily in coal mines and iron foundries, became very wealthy, and donated large sums for the benefit of Baltimore and North Middleborough, Massachusetts, his hometown. He funded the building of the Workingmen's Institute and Library in Canton, the Enoch Pratt Free Library system in Baltimore and the Sheppard Asylum (Now Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital.)
13. BTMTV_180928_59.JPG: Town houses that stood directly across the street from the cathedral's main entrance were demolished in the 1930s to make way for the current Enoch Pratt Free Library Building. Some of Baltimore's wealthiest citizens, including doctors, lawyers, merchants, senators and mayors, lived across the street from the cathedral where Pratt now stands.
14. BTMTV_180928_62.JPG: Charles J. Bonaparte continuously fought for the rights of African Americans. While he was Attorney General, he expressed his underlying beliefs about race relations in America, "Every race of people is driven to the woods or die out that comes in contact with the Caucasian race. The Negro race is the only one race on the globe that has lived, thriven, flourished and multiplied by the side of the Caucasian race. This one fact bespeaks volumes in the Negro's favor, and no eloquence can be stronger than that single fad to prove the Negro's greatness."
15. BTMTV_180928_65.JPG: John Widgeon (1850-1937), an African American, worked for the Maryland Academy of Science, located on Mulberry, from 1870 to the early 1930s. Although Widgeon was hired as a janitor, he assumed the responsibilities of collecting, classifying and exhibiting many artifacts from the Academy's natural history collection. He died in 1937 after receiving an honorary Masters of Science degree from the Academy.
16. BTMTV_180928_68.JPG: Mount Vernon Cultural Walk Welcome Discover Mount Vernon Cultural Walk, a 3 mile walking trail through one of America's premier cultural districts. The trail connects 24 historic sites and museums along the Charles Street Byway -- a great place to sight-see, shop, and dine. From Charles Center to Mount Vernon Place, from the B&O Railroad building to the Peabody Institute. Baltimore's rich cultural landscape rises from the Chesapeake along the Cultural Walk. Set out on an adventure of discovery in Baltimore!
17. BTMTV_180928_70.JPG: Creating an American Culture: The Golden Age of Baltimore Mount Vernon Cultural Walk During the early 19th century, Baltimore became, for a brief time, America's second largest and fastest growing city. Baltimore led the world in shipbuilding, sail-cloth production, and flour milling. On Cathedral Hill, Baltimore's business leaders built mansions surrounding America's first Roman Catholic cathedral. Cathedral Hill residents fueled Baltimore's rise as an economic and cultural center. These wealthy merchants were patrons of literature and the arts, inventors, philanthropists, and politicos. They funded many of the institutions along Cultural Walk, such as the Maryland Historical Society, Maryland Club, the Peabody Institute, the YMCA, and the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Many of their mansion houses still stand today on Mulberry, Franklin and Charles streets. A papal decree in 1789 established Baltimore as the seat of the first American diocese and commissioned the first bishop, John Carroll (1735-1815), "to erect a church in the vicinity of the said city of Baltimore in the form of a cathedral church, in as much as the times and circumstances allow." The cathedral was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764-1820), architect of the U.S. Capitol under President Thomas Jefferson. Its cornerstone was laid in 1806, and the building was dedicated in 1821. Pope Pius XI elevated the cathedral to the rank of minor basilica in 1937 and renamed it the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Baltimore's most famous Catholic, Cardinal Gibbons (1834-1921), guided the affairs of the Baltimore Archdiocese for 44 years. Cardinal Gibbons was born in Baltimore near the corner of Fayette and Gay streets. At the time of his consecration in 1866, he became the youngest clergy to be named bishop, the first native son of Baltimore to become archbishop and the first American bishop ever to participate in electing a new pope, Pope Pius X. In 1886, Pope Leo XIII named Gibbons a cardinal of the church. During his day, Gibbons was one of the most photographed men in the world. Cardinal James Gibbons with President Theodore Roosevelt in 1918. During Cardinal Gibbons 44-year leadership in Baltimore, he founded the Catholic University in Washington, D.C; supported and defended the Knights of Labor against attacks from conservative clergy; sided with strikers in Baltimore, prepared a speech for the first ever Parliament of World's Religions in 1893, supported the founding of the National Consumers League, and supported equal rights, fair elections, and major public improvements in Baltimore. "Politics in an Oyster Bar," painted by local artist Richard Caton Woodville in 1848, captures a scene from Baltimore's political and social life. John H.B. Latrobe, who lived at 11 West Mulberry Street, bought it from Woodville. Today, the painting is housed in the Walters Art Museum. Between 1890 and 1960, Calvert Hall College, a Catholic college preparatory high school, stood directly south of the Pratt Library on the corner of Cathedral and Mulberry Streets. Since 1845, the Brothers of the Christian Schools, commonly known as the Christian Brothers, have guided the school. Today, Calvert Hall is located in Baltimore County. "Renaissance men" such as John H.B. Latrobe (1803-1891), son of architect Benjamin Latrobe, excelled in business, cultural and artistic activities. The younger Latrobe represented the B&O Railroad in legal matters; painted several paintings now housed at the Maryland Historical Society; designed the Latrobe Stove; authored a guide book to Baltimore; and helped establish the Maryland Historical Society, the Maryland Institute College of Art, and the nation of Liberia. Recently restored to the Latrobe and Carroll design, the Basilica of the Assumption is a landmark of international significance because of its architectural design and role in American History. Spectacular original lighting effects designed by Latrobe were replicated including translucent glass windows in the nave, twenty-four skylights in the main dome, and the original lighting fixtures. Its restoration is one of the most extensive and significant on a religious building in the country, befitting the importance of America's first Cathedral. The centenary celebration of the Baltimore Roman Catholic Cathedral in 1906. On a visit to Baltimore in 1859, Ralph Waldo Emerson, enthralled by the Cathedral, described his experience in a letter to his wife Lydia, "Today I heard high mass in the Cathedral here, and with great pleasure. It is well for my Protestantism that we have no cathedral in Concord!"
18. BTMTV_180928_74.JPG: Creating an American Culture: The Golden Age of Baltimore Mount Vernon Cultural Walk During the early 19th century, Baltimore became, for a brief time, America's second largest and fastest growing city. Baltimore led the world in shipbuilding, sail-cloth production, and flour milling. On Cathedral Hill, Baltimore's business leaders built mansions surrounding America's first Roman Catholic cathedral. Cathedral Hill residents fueled Baltimore's rise as an economic and cultural center. These wealthy merchants were patrons of literature and the arts, inventors, philanthropists, and politicos. They funded many of the institutions along Cultural Walk, such as the Maryland Historical Society, Maryland Club, the Peabody Institute, the YMCA, and the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Many of their mansion houses still stand today on Mulberry, Franklin and Charles streets. A papal decree in 1789 established Baltimore as the seat of the first American diocese and commissioned the first bishop, John Carroll (1735-1815), "to erect a church in the vicinity of the said city of Baltimore in the form of a cathedral church, in as much as the times and circumstances allow." The cathedral was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764-1820), architect of the U.S. Capitol under President Thomas Jefferson. Its cornerstone was laid in 1806, and the building was dedicated in 1821. Pope Pius XI elevated the cathedral to the rank of minor basilica in 1937 and renamed it the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Baltimore's most famous Catholic, Cardinal Gibbons (1834-1921), guided the affairs of the Baltimore Archdiocese for 44 years. Cardinal Gibbons was born in Baltimore near the corner of Fayette and Gay streets. At the time of his consecration in 1866, he became the youngest clergy to be named bishop, the first native son of Baltimore to become archbishop and the first American bishop ever to participate in electing a new pope, Pope Pius X. In 1886, Pope Leo XIII named Gibbons a cardinal of the church. During his day, Gibbons was one of the most photographed men in the world. Cardinal James Gibbons with President Theodore Roosevelt in 1918. During Cardinal Gibbons 44-year leadership in Baltimore, he founded the Catholic University in Washington, D.C; supported and defended the Knights of Labor against attacks from conservative clergy; sided with strikers in Baltimore, prepared a speech for the first ever Parliament of World's Religions in 1893, supported the founding of the National Consumers League, and supported equal rights, fair elections, and major public improvements in Baltimore.
19. BTMTV_180928_80.JPG: "Politics in an Oyster Bar," painted by local artist Richard Caton Woodville in 1848, captures a scene from Baltimore's political and social life. John H.B. Latrobe, who lived at 11 West Mulberry Street, bought it from Woodville. Today, the painting is housed in the Walters Art Museum.
20. BTMTV_180928_81.JPG: Between 1890 and 1960, Calvert Hall College, a Catholic college preparatory high school, stood directly south of the Pratt Library on the corner of Cathedral and Mulberry Streets. Since 1845, the Brothers of the Christian Schools, commonly known as the Christian Brothers, have guided the school. Today, Calvert Hall is located in Baltimore County.
21. BTMTV_180928_84.JPG: "Renaissance men" such as John H.B. Latrobe (1803-1891), son of architect Benjamin Latrobe, excelled in business, cultural and artistic activities. The younger Latrobe represented the B&O Railroad in legal matters; painted several paintings now housed at the Maryland Historical Society; designed the Latrobe Stove; authored a guide book to Baltimore; and helped establish the Maryland Historical Society, the Maryland Institute College of Art, and the nation of Liberia.
22. BTMTV_180928_86.JPG: Recently restored to the Latrobe and Carroll design, the Basilica of the Assumption is a landmark of international significance because of its architectural design and role in American History. Spectacular original lighting effects designed by Latrobe were replicated including translucent glass windows in the nave, twenty-four skylights in the main dome, and the original lighting fixtures. Its restoration is one of the most extensive and significant on a religious building in the country, befitting the importance of America's first Cathedral.
23. BTMTV_180928_89.JPG: The centenary celebration of the Baltimore Roman Catholic Cathedral in 1906. On a visit to Baltimore in 1859, Ralph Waldo Emerson, enthralled by the Cathedral, described his experience in a letter to his wife Lydia, "Today I heard high mass in the Cathedral here, and with great pleasure. It is well for my Protestantism that we have no cathedral in Concord!"
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