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In case you have never been or had the opportunity to see them - here a few pictures I took when living in Massachusetts of THE Old North Bridge both form the English and Minuteman side - it was quite humbling to be there and walk over the fields and bridge
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Looking North toward British troops
North toward British
Farm house location where our MM gathered - bridge top center of frame
Minuitman Monument British side looking toward our toorps
Here on the 19th of April 1775 was made the first forcible resistance to British aggression. On the opposite bank stood the American Militia. Here stood the Invading Army and on this spot the first of the enemy fell in the war of the Revolution which gave Independence to the United States. In gratitude to GOD and in the love of Freedom this monument was erected ad 1836.
Concord Fight On the morning of April Nineteenth 1775, while the British held this bridge, the Minute Men and Militia of Concord and neighboring towns gathered on the hill across the river.
There the Concord adjutant Joseph Hosmer, demanded "Will you let them burn the town down?"¯ There the Lincoln Captain William Smith offered to dislodge the British, the Acton Captain Isaac Davis, said "I haven't a man that's afraid to go" and the Concord Colonel James Barrett ordered the attack on the Regulars. The column was led by Major John Buttrick, marching form his own farm his aid was Lt. Colonel John Robinson of Westford. The Minute Men of Acton, Concord, Lincoln and Bedford followed. After them came the militia. At the British volley Isaac Davis fell, Buttrick cried "Fire fellow soldiers for God's sake fire" and himself fired first. The British fled and here began the separation of Two kindred nations now happily long united in peace. By Allen Freech
View from the British side looking toward the Minute Men
MM monument Colonial side
"By the rude bridge that arched the flood. Their flag to April's breeze unfurled. Here once the embattled farmers stood. And fired the shot heard round the world."
Isaac Davis stone
On the morning of April 19, 1775 approximately 400 Colonials stood on the hill overlooking the North Bridge, as smoke rose from Concord Center.
The order to march was given, in the exchange of fire that followed, Captian Issac Davis, who had exclaimed "I haven't A man who is afraid to go" was killed together with Abner Hosmer, a Private, also from Acton.
This memorial was erected by the Captain Isaac Davis chapter if the Daughters of The American Revolution, April 1975.
Enjoy
Looking North toward British troops
North toward British
Farm house location where our MM gathered - bridge top center of frame
Minuitman Monument British side looking toward our toorps
Here on the 19th of April 1775 was made the first forcible resistance to British aggression. On the opposite bank stood the American Militia. Here stood the Invading Army and on this spot the first of the enemy fell in the war of the Revolution which gave Independence to the United States. In gratitude to GOD and in the love of Freedom this monument was erected ad 1836.
Concord Fight On the morning of April Nineteenth 1775, while the British held this bridge, the Minute Men and Militia of Concord and neighboring towns gathered on the hill across the river.
There the Concord adjutant Joseph Hosmer, demanded "Will you let them burn the town down?"¯ There the Lincoln Captain William Smith offered to dislodge the British, the Acton Captain Isaac Davis, said "I haven't a man that's afraid to go" and the Concord Colonel James Barrett ordered the attack on the Regulars. The column was led by Major John Buttrick, marching form his own farm his aid was Lt. Colonel John Robinson of Westford. The Minute Men of Acton, Concord, Lincoln and Bedford followed. After them came the militia. At the British volley Isaac Davis fell, Buttrick cried "Fire fellow soldiers for God's sake fire" and himself fired first. The British fled and here began the separation of Two kindred nations now happily long united in peace. By Allen Freech
View from the British side looking toward the Minute Men
MM monument Colonial side
"By the rude bridge that arched the flood. Their flag to April's breeze unfurled. Here once the embattled farmers stood. And fired the shot heard round the world."
Isaac Davis stone
On the morning of April 19, 1775 approximately 400 Colonials stood on the hill overlooking the North Bridge, as smoke rose from Concord Center.
The order to march was given, in the exchange of fire that followed, Captian Issac Davis, who had exclaimed "I haven't A man who is afraid to go" was killed together with Abner Hosmer, a Private, also from Acton.
This memorial was erected by the Captain Isaac Davis chapter if the Daughters of The American Revolution, April 1975.
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