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Hingham changes. There is a Roman Catholic Church in the very heart of that one time Puritan stronghold: the New North is Unitarian, and Episcopalians, Baptists, and Second Adventists have settled down comfortably where once they would have been run out of town. HINGHAM CHANGES THERE IS A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE VERY HEART OF THAT ONE TIME PURITAN STRONGHOLD THE NEW NORTH IS UNITARIAN AND EPISCOPALIANS BAPTISTS AND SECOND ADVENTISTS HAVE SETTLED DOWN COMFORTABLY WHERE ONCE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN RUN OUT OF TOWN
ring the trouble with King Philip the town had three forts, one at Fort Hill, one at the Cemetery, and one "on the plain about a mile from the harbor"; and the sites may still be identified. Not that Hingham history is exclusively religious or martial. Her little harbor once held seventy sail of fishing vessels, and between 1815 and 1826, 165,000 barrels of mackerel were landed on their salty decks. For fifty years (between 1811 and 1860) the Rapid sailed as a packet between this town and Boston, making the trip on one memorable occasion in sixty-seven minutes. We read that in the War of 1812 she was carried up the Weymouth River and covered, masts and hull, with green bushes so that the marauding British cruisers might not find her, and as we read we find ourselves remembering that _camouflage_ is new only in name. How entirely fitting it seems that a town of such venerable houses and venerable legends should be presided over by a church which is the oldest of its kind in the country!  AT FORT HILL ONE AT THE CEMETERY AND ONE ON THE PLAIN ABOUT A MILE FROM THE HARBOR AND THE SITES MAY STILL BE IDENTIFIED NOT THAT HINGHAM HISTORY IS EXCLUSIVELY RELIGIOUS OR MARTIAL HER LITTLE HARBOR ONCE HELD SEVENTY SAIL OF FISHING VESSELS AND BETWEEN EIGHTEEN FIFTEEN AND EIGHTEEN TWENTY SIX WHEN HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND BARRELS OF MACKEREL WERE LANDED ON THEIR SALTY DECKS FOR FIFTY YEARS BETWEEN EIGHTEEN ELEVEN AND EIGHTEEN SIXTY THE RAPID SAILED AS A PACKET BETWEEN THIS TOWN AND BOSTON MAKING THE TRIP ON ONE MEMORABLE OCCASION IN SIXTY SEVEN MINUTES WE READ THAT IN THE WAR OF EIGHTEEN TWELVE SHE WAS CARRIED UP THE WEYMOUTH RIVER AND COVERED MASTS AND HULL WITH GREEN BUSHES SO THAT THE MARAUDING BRITISH CRUISERS MIGHT NOT FIND HER AND AS WE READ WE FIND OURSELVES REMEMBERING THAT CAMOUFLAGE IS NEW ONLY IN NAME HOW ENTIRELY FITTING IT SEEMS THAT A TOWN OF SUCH VENERABLE HOUSES AND VENERABLE LEGENDS SHOULD BE PRESIDED OVER BY A CHURCH WHICH IS THE OLDEST OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY
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