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BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION <br />Lecture Sponsorship <br />LBC and National Park Service. Five outstanding Bicentennial Lectures. <br />Fireside Chats, Series I and II. LBC and Adult Education. <br />Alistair Cooke. America Series. <br />Grace Chapel. Century II Lecture Series. <br />Continuous film showings at the Old Belfrey Club and Masonic Museum. <br />Photo by Raymond B. Barnes <br />We should not forget that for quite some <br />time the rebels thought of themselves as <br />Englishmen abused, and in many engagements <br />felt an uncomfortable sympathy for the <br />other Englishmen who had been sent over to <br />fight them. In Ridgefield, Connecticut, <br />there is a plaque sunk in a wall in a <br />cemetery. It says: "In defense of American <br />independence at the battle of Ridgefield, <br />April 27, 1777, died Eight Patriots who <br />were laid in this ground, companioned by <br />Sixteen British Soldiers, Living, their <br />enemies, Dying, their guests." <br />17 <br />Alistair Cook's America <br />