"In fiction, the principles are given, to find the facts: in history, the facts are given, to find the principles; and the writer who does not explain the phenomena as well as state them performs only one half of his office."
Thomas Babington Macaulay, "History," Edinburgh Review, 1828
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Preparation for the 250th Anniversary Parade
Bunting goes up on the 1889 Town Hall early Tuesday morning (22 September),
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