I don't know if anyone else celebrated, but I sure did. I spent Saturday, the 17th, at the Hartwell Tavern in Lincoln, MA where I set up my surgery and lectured about rev-war era medicine to tourists then "treated" the wounded of both sides from the re-enactment of the fight at "The Bloody Angle".
The next night was the Colonel's Dinner at Longfellow's Wayside Inn in Sudbury, MA. All of the contemporary colonel's of The Sudbury Companies of Militia & Minute meet there annually for dinner and drinks and jokes and drinks and stories and drinks and, oh yeah, we have a few drinks.
On Monday the SCMM recreates the "March to Concord". We meet at the Universalist Church in Wayland (MA) center (in 1775 it was known as East Sudbury), march to Sudbury Center then to North Bridge in Concord. It's about a 20 mile walk. Yesterday's weather was perfect, about 75 degrees with low humidity. Due to the heavy spring rains, about the last 100 yards of the path to North Bridge from the Buttrick Mansion was under a foot of water but it was nice and cool and great comfort to the feet. At the bridge we fired a 3 volley salute to the men of both sides who died there then it was back to the Wayside Inn for some drinks, the changing of the flag from the Union Jack to the Grand Union flag, some drinks, a post-march picnic, and some drinks.
This coming Friday night is our Regimental Ball when we dress in our colonial finery or our best uniforms (I'll wear my white 85eme Regiment de Saintonge grenadier corporal's uniform) and contra-dance the night away...and have a few drinks.
On a historical note, the only reason North Bridge is arched today is because of Emerson's poem. On April 19, 1775 the bridge was flat.