>>>>>You are welcome LV :) I like this minuteman statue :)
JV, knowing a little about your sentiments toward America, you may enjoy a trip to Boston this April (or any other) because they do a complete reenactment of the events leading to the American Revolutionary War which began on April 19, 1775 at the spot where that statue is located, Lexington Common (aka Lexington Green) in Lexington, Mass. It was the site of the first confrontation between the British Army and the American Minutemen, and where “the shot heard round the world” was fired.
The reenactment actually runs over several days and since they use accurate timings the event at Lexington Common is staged beginning at 5:00AM. But there are always a couple thousand people there despite the chill and the early hour.
Anyway it’s quite a magnificent way to learn about those events and some of the icons of American history (the Battle of Concord, Paul Revere, etc) and I still enjoy it after more than a dozen visits.
http://www.battleroad.org/events.html
I live in Massachusetts :)