The Duel by Marc Gagnon
by Michael Resnik
You never know how one action can lead to another. Marc Gagnon visited Philadelphia on numerous times while living in New England which actually he has a place now in his home town of Nashua, NH. Marc made a specific journey to visit the Constitutional Building where the Continental Congress met. He also visited the other historic sites of Philadelphia. An older afroamerican gentleman approached Gagnon on his visit while in the building asking him if he wanted to see the sites that were not on the tour. The gentleman, was about to retire and noticed Gagnon's camera. The pictures you see on many of Gagnon's American Revolution collages were taken on this particular trip. Gagnon returned to NH on a different route. Actually Gagnon was lost and ended up in Weehawken, NJ. Gagnon stopped into a Exxon gas station to fill up his car. He found out by the gas station attendant that a particular reenactment was being played out that day. It was the event when Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr fought in a duel for honor. Gagnon, some 20 years later created a collage of that event. It is below.
