Excerpt from Reminiscences British frigates were at one time cruising in Boston Bay, and it was expected they would enter the harbor. The inhabitants were then working very actively to finish off Fort Strong (noddle's Island). The banking of the sides of the fort required assist ance, although it was nearly finished. The public-school boys were offered as volunteers to work. They turned out from the schools about three hundred at a time, and were marched down State Street in ranks and military order, with the American flag flying and drums beating. We marched to Long Wharf, where we embarked on board sloops and schooners, and were landed at Fort Strong, on Noddle's Island (now-east Boston), where we worked two days. The boys' work was mostly carrying sods and pins and pickaxes. After working two days, we were taken to Dor chester Heights, where we worked one day, and were then dismissed. We marched back to Boston in the same military order; and the boys enjoyed the labor, for the fun attached to it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.