Show CONCORD HYMN ii by th md bridge that arched th flood their fla to annl breaze unfurled her once the embattled farmer stood and fired tb hot beard round the world tb to conf since ia silence slept alike the conqueror ilent leeps and time the ruined ha wept down the dark stream which seaward creep on hi bank by this ot tre iun wf raise today votive stone that memory may their deed redeem when like our sires our sons ar one spirit that bade those heroes dare to die and leave their children re bid time and nature bently spare the shaft we raise to them aad thee emerson abandoned to again become par the old manse estate its then mccu pant rev dr rapley took pride in pasturing his cow ln the battlefield as he called it when the town of concord determined to erect a bonu ment at the site of the bridge he returned the land to the municipal ity upon the occasion of the dedica alon of the shaft in 1836 in the spring of upon the one hun dreith anniversary of the battle of bridge dinael chester french s monument of the minute man was dedicated and upon its base Is chas aled one verse of amerson s stirring hymn to recount a bit of history may be like carrying coals to however here goes gage who was in british command in boston learned that in concord were a considerable quantity of pa arlot stores and he determined to take or destroy them he sent a detach ment of troops to carry out his or ders the grenadiers grena diers met their first resistance at early on the morning of april 19 1775 troops under colonel smith and major ill cairn pushed on to concord pitcairn look up his headquarters at the wryght tavern and a detachment was sent to north bridge captain baurle in command stationed his men as he thought the pa were massed on hilt and when reinforcements ar col james barrett ordered them down to the neighborhood of major home captain baurle alarmed at this sent to smith for at 9 a m colonel barrett ordered butt rick to lead his men to the bridge but cautioned them not to anre farst the company from acton under the command of a captain dails was first and this was followed by other corn canles from many places baurle am i mediately withdrew his men the bridge and some of them bean tearing up the planks to prevent the patriots from crossing shouted to them to stop the british fired a few shots at random one however fired at buttrick missed him and wounded two men behind him davas the aeton company commander stepped aside so as not to be in line of fire of his own soldiers and prepared to give the necessary command when the british bred a volley davs and one of his men ell wounded buttrick then enve the comm ind and the provincial fire raked the british they retreated leaving i two dead upon the field A moment tor these two soldiers at the right of the shift as one walks toward the bridge Is the hum ble tomb of these unknown warriors chev have slept unmolested in this shaded pot where they were burled years ago by zachariah ach ariah brown and thorns dails f at concord the british burned the courthouse chopped down the liberty pole and did some other bv the arms and ammunition they not find with the exception of a ten cannon and the minute men were gathering all around them at first from the fields and villages nearby n then from those a little farther off then from still greater distances for a time they stood on the hill and batched the troops in the town while every minute their number grew when there were about of them they suddenly charged down on the north bridge there were brit ish regulars there firing and the americans rushed the bridge and drove them into the town ja still the minute men were coming all morning while the troops were busy in the town the militia tramped along the roads and trickled frons every farm realizing Rea lIIng his danger at ast colonel smith started back to boston but 1 there were militia 0 bogli sides of them militia behind ahcin stationed at places which they mu pass on the road riflemen behloul j every husli and stone sharpshooters in every tree the british literally could do nothing hut run end run 5 they did until they met lord l ord I 1 ercy f with 1 men and two cannon just J beyond I 1 erlington and fall in the hollow square which he drew up to protect them an hours rest and the whole force was on the dav again but the whole country was now swarming with and too had to fight his way seven mites from loston a 1 I fresh force of nearly stopped him altogether and at kunstt ht and tie of alie fleet nn the dead run while buo more were marchan ln to intercept bilm the british lost at the az and the british had they had storied up i hornets nest that was IM years ago the hilll ha continued to pour out until two days later gentral gage in found himself besieged by 10 men the revolution had begun |