Yesterday was Patriots Day and less than 1/2 mile from my house over 8000 people descended on Lexington Green to watch the reenactment of the first battle of the revolutionary war. It was a great day in town with the festivities starting at midnight with Paul Reveres ride and then a day of events starting again at 5:30 AM.
I’ve told my friends over the years about the event (because no one understands that we have a holiday on Patriots Day in Massachusetts) and no one really gets it. Sure they know guys 20+ years older than the actual participants dress in authentic clothing/uniforms and do a great job of bringing the story to light but they don’t get a sense for the event itself. Pictures tell part of the story and of course the written word — but a well done video brings you right into the action.
The Boston Globe has a great piece that was posted today here. I particularly enjoyed, however, the VIDEO and noted that it was created by a friend from town Joanne Rathe. I know her as the staff photographer for the Globe and always look for her work. I found this piece interesting because she has done an excellent job morphing from shooting stills to using multimedia to tell the story when required. Now maybe I’ll find out she has done this a lot — but regardless the newspaper world is moving to use “new media” and bringing new technology to bear and I think its great example of telling the story in a new way … using the same staff! The Lexington Minuteman paper has a good set of links too for additional coverage.
Here is the video:
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