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Thoreau's 200th birthday celebration 071217

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DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party." Historian Richard Smith of Acton participates in the Game of Graces, after portraying Thoreau at the replica house at Walden Pond State Reservation. It's a game of throwing and catching the ring using two sticks, and was supposed to make girls graceful. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
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DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party." Historian Richard Smith of Acton participates in the Game of Graces, after portraying Thoreau at the replica house at Walden Pond State Reservation. It's a game of throwing and catching the ring using two sticks, and was supposed to make girls graceful. (SUN/Julia Malakie)

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  • DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party" at Walden Pond State Reservation. Jennifer Lewis of Little Rock, Arkansas, poses for a photo with the Thoreau statue. She said "I had no idea this was his birthday. He was my favorite writer" when she studied literature in college.(SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party" as historian Richard Smith of Acton portrays Thoreau at the replica house at Walden Pond State Reservation. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party" as historian Richard Smith of Acton portrays Thoreau at the replica house at Walden Pond State Reservation. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party." Dawna Carrette of Concord kneels next to historian Richard Smith of Acton for a photo as he portrays Thoreau at the replica house at Walden Pond State Reservation. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party" as historian Richard Smith of Acton portrays Thoreau at the replica house at Walden Pond State Reservation. Gerry Katzban of Putnam Valley, N.Y., takes a picture of the Thoreau statue, with Smith in the background. Katzban had not known about the birthday, but was in the area dropping off his son at an MIT summer program. He said Thoreau "is one of my heroes. I've been meaning to come here for 30 years and this is the day I came. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party" as historian Richard Smith of Acton portrays Thoreau at the replica house at Walden Pond State Reservation. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party" at Walden Pond State Reservation. Fraternal twins Elden, left, and Arden White, 8, of Lynn, check out the Thoreau statue. They'd come to swim in Walden Pond. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party" at Walden Pond State Reservation. Jennifer Lewis of Little Rock, Arkansas, poses for a photo with the Thoreau statue. She said "I had no idea this was his birthday. He was my favorite writer" when she studied literature in college. Her son Jori Aldridge of North Andover, left, is a student at Mass College of Pharmaceutical Health Sciences. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party." Historian Richard Smith of Acton participates in the Game of Graces, after portraying Thoreau at the replica house at Walden Pond State Reservation. It's a game of throwing and catching the ring using two sticks, and was supposed to make girls graceful. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party" at Walden Pond State Reservation. Ethan Funk, 13, of Acton, plays The Game of Graces, throwing the ring by moving the sticks apart. The 19th Century game was supposed to make girls graceful. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party" at Walden Pond State Reservation. The Game of Graces was available to play. It's a game of throwing and catching the ring using two sticks, and was supposed to make girls graceful. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party" as historian Richard Smith of Acton portrays Thoreau at the replica house at Walden Pond State Reservation. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party" at Walden Pond State Reservation. Dawson Fischer, 4, of Concord, eats watermelon slices, which were served because Thoreau was known for growing the sweetest watermelons at his family's home in town, and would share with others. The watermelons were donated by Donelan's Market in Lincoln and Crosby's Market in Concord. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • DCR celebrate Henry Thoreau's 200th birthday with "Henry's Watermelon Party" at Walden Pond State Reservation. From left, siblings Emma. 7, Sofia, 5, and Teo Triopolini, 3, of Natick. They're from Switzerland but their family is in the US for a couple of years. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
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