Farm and third-graders make syrup for charity
Matlock Farm is selling maple syrup they made with the help of Lincoln School third-graders and donating the proceeds to charity.
After the children collected sap from trees at the school and did a math/science project on the amount they got. Then Nancy Bergen and Ephraim Flint of Matlock Farm added sap from other trees in town and boiled it in their evaporator. The third-graders chose UNICEF as the charity to receive the proceeds from the sale of syrup. Anyone interested in purchasing some should come to Matlock Farm at 27 Lexington Rd. or call ahead to see if they’re at home (781-259-8402). Quart jars of syrup are $25 and there are a few pint jars that sell for $12.50.
This is the second year of the maple syrup collaboration. Organizers hope to beat last year’s tally of $550 that was donated to Partners in Health.
Lincoln Minute Men events coming up
The Lincoln Minute Men (LMM) invite residents to the following activities in the days before and after Patriots Day. For more information, click on one of the event titles on the Lincoln Minute Men website and battleroad.org. For photos of past events, visit the LMM Facebook page.
Tuesday, April 14
- 7:30 p.m. — Talk on “Finding Parker’s Revenge Battlefield” (Bemis Hall)
Saturday, April 18
- 9:30 a.m. to noon — Lincoln Minute Men interpret the home of William Smith and his wife Catherine (Route 2A across from Bedford Road intersection)
- 2 p.m. — Parker’s Revenge Battle (behind Visitors Center, 250 N. Great Road, Lincoln)
- 4 p.m. — Battle of Tower Park (1200 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington). The Lincoln Minute Men inhabit the 1775 home of their first captain. Later, hundreds of British and Colonial soldiers recreate the running battle along the deadly stretch of road on the border of Lincoln and Lexington. Then, both sides regroup to battle at Tower Park in Lexington.
Sunday, April 19
- 2-3:30 p.m. — Lincoln Salute: Festival of 18th-century fife and drum music (Pierce Park)
- 7 p.m. — Alarm and muster (lawn opposite the First Parish Church, 3 Bedford Rd., Lincoln). An ancient Revolutionary War veteran reminisces about those fateful early hours of April 19, 1775. Capt. William Smith rides down the hill to alarm the citizens of Lincoln. Bells ring, drums roll and the LMM fall in on the steps of the church to receive their marching orders to defend Concord. Then march with the LMM to Pierce House for a firing demonstration.
Monday, April 20
- 6:45 a.m. — Dawn tribute and march to the Concord parade (start outside Bemis Hall). The LMM salute the Patriots buried in the Old Meeting House Cemetery as they emerge from the mists of the burial ground for roll call. Fifers play a lament and the muskets fire a volley. Then join the LMM on their three-mile walk to Concord amid colonial music and musket fire for the parade that begins at 9 a.m. All ages welcome.
Sunday, April 26
- 2:30 p.m. — Old Burial Ground tribute (starts at Pierce House). –March with the LMM and the regulars from Pierce House to the Old Burial Ground on Lexington Road to honor the Patriot dead and five British soldiers killed in Lincoln along the Battle Road. Hear Mary Hartwell tell her story of their burial. Ceremonies include music and musket salutes by both sides. A reception follows at Pierce House at 4 p.m. courtesy of the Lincoln Historical Society.