Manchester: Denis Cormier, a re-enactment member fo the Massachusetts 7th Regiment, lets Mia Cromwell, 7, hold a bayonette from the Revolutionary War period as Jade Cromwell, 9, and Emma Brophy, 9, look on at the Manchester Public Library Saturday morning. The library presented Revolutionary War Day in honor of Patriots Day to help kids learn about what is was like to live in the 18th century and what war was like for soldiers at that time. Mary Muckenhoupt/Gloucester Daily Times

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