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Excerpt from Roxbury Centennial: An Account of the Celebration in Roxbury, November 22, 1876 Every native of that part of Boston within the limits of the old town of Roxbury cherishes with patriotic pride the historic tradi tions which cluster about its pleasant hills and valleys; and since the blotting of its name from the list of municipalities of the State, consequent upon the annexation of this district to Boston, very general regret has been expressed that no connected history of the town in the Revolution had been published. To Gen. John L. 'swift is due the honor of recently calling public attention to this hiatus in the printed local records of the Revolution. A sentiment uttered by him in an oration at the dedication of Kennedy Hall, in 1874, proved to be the mainspring of a movement which culminated in the celebration hereinafter recorded. Alluding to the incom pleteness of the written history of Roxbury, Gen. Swift sug gested that the history of the town, in connection with the opening events of the Revolution, would justify the locality in selecting one day of the Centennial year for a commemorative celebration, and the delivery of an historical address. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.