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    Visons of history on Norwichtown green

    Members of the Lebanon Town Militia and the Colchester Continentals fire their colonial era muskets in a demonstration at the Norwich Historical Society's third annual History Day Sunday, September 30, 2018 on Norwichtown Green. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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    Visons of history on Norwichtown green

    Norwich Historical Society's third annual History Day Sunday, September 30, 2018 on Norwichtown Green. The event featured local historical societies, historical reenactors from various time periods, and demonstrations of various crafts. The Colchester Continentals Fife and Drum Corps provided entertainment and there was a wreath laying at the gravesite of Samuel Huntington.

    Michael Lentini, of Nowich, with his daughters Hanna, 13, and Madeline, 9, examine a display of Hopkins and Allen rifles on display at the Guns of Norwich Historical Society's tent at the Norwich Historical Society's third annual History Day Sunday, September 30, 2018 on Norwichtown Green. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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    Sarah Stover, right, teaches Rory Colter, 5, how to roll a hoop during the Norwich Historical Society's third annual History Day Sunday, September 30, 2018 on Norwichtown Green. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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    Dave Loda, who portrays The Major General Nathanael Greene on behalf of the The Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead museum in Coventry, Rhode Island, rides his Morgan horse Huckleberry to the Norwich Historical Society's third annual History Day Sunday, September 30, 2018 on Norwichtown Green. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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    Members of the Colchester Continentals fire and drum corps lead a procession down Old Cemetery Lane from the Norwich Historical Society's third annual History Day into the historic Norwichtown Cemetery for a wreath laying at the grave of Samuel Huntington Sunday, September 30, 2018 on Norwichtown Green. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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    Members of the Colchester Continentals fire and drum corps lead a procession from the Norwich Historical Society's third annual History Day into the historic Norwichtown Cemetery for a wreath laying at the grave of Samuel Huntington Sunday, September 30, 2018 on Norwichtown Green. Huntington was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and served as first President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation that governed the United States from the time of the revolution until the ratification of the constitution. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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    Attendees at the Norwich Historical Society's third annual History Day Sunday, September 30, 2018 gather for a wreath laying at the grave of Samuel Huntington in the historic Norwichtown Cemetery. Huntington was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and served as first President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation that governed the United States from the time of the revolution until the ratification of the constitution. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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    Lisa Morin, left, and Colby Seidel, both members of the Colchester Continentals Fife and Drum Corps, pause to employ 21st century technology to take photos of fellow members of their group walking the the Old Norwichtown Cemetery en route back to the Norwich Historical Society's third annual History Day Sunday, September 30, 2018 on Norwichtown Green. The Continentals had led a procession from the green to a wreath laying at the grave of Samuel Huntington. Huntington was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and served as first President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation that governed the United States from the time of the revolution until the ratification of the constitution. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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