Show WHERE FIRST AMERICAN DIED House at Lexington la to Be Precrve Through the Efforts of a Patriotic Citizen We do not know Mr Lc Roy Drown of lpxington Mass We think Ne should like to Mr Brown ows the Jonathan liar Ington house on the Lexington green ind It was on the doorstep of this house that the first American patriot aid down his life In the war of the evolution Young Harrington heard the call to arms on that April day In 1776 I and rushed to his place In the mbattled line of the Minute Men When the British regulars fired their ponlng volley be fell mortally wound d With the blood Bowing fast from is wounds Harrington wu able to trawl across the little square to the hreshold of his home and there h led lo the arms of his young wife Today Lexington green stands prac 1 = ally as It t did when tIt re rpng out upon It the shots heard round Hit world In the woodwork of the old duellings you can still see tho British bullets But the Harrington house it ailing to pieces with age Mr Le Roy Brown Its present owner own-er instead of tearing it down and putting put-ting a concrete bungalow In Its place Is carefully rebuilding it upon the old frame raving every plank that Is not too Mir gone for service As a result the old building will be given a new lease of life In Its original shape Mr Brown must be a pretty good ort of American |