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For old times’ sake

At the sprawling Minute Man National Historical Park, efforts are underway to return landscape to its Colonial state

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By Kathleen Burge
Globe Staff / August 15, 2010

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The embattled farmers who worked these fields centuries ago, and made this land famous with a shot heard ’round the world, struggled to survive harsh winters and years of poor crops. But they didn’t have to contend with the common buckthorn. (Full article: 952 words)

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