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Show HISTORIC CONCORD AND ITS FAMOUS HYMN NvHerenCe , . ; ' 1 . And f re MT" - Kayotur.e 111) The foe long since in silence slept; Jf Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; Jj And Time the mined bridge has swept Don the dark stream hich seacard creeps. f$ the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmer stood J And f red the shot heard round the world. -j i -x . r ird creeps. Ki-- -J ( J j , .3 !ii3isH ;jlS f Ij '. j a y ! I' Spirit, that made those heroes; dare 1 To die, and leave their children free, - Bid Time and Nature genth? . spare . 5 The shaft we raise to them and thee. -Mn Ralph Waldo Emerson (1) Patriot Band on the Way to the Battle of Bunker Hill. (2) Bridge and Monument to the Memory of the j Minute Men, Concord. (3) First Parish Meeting House at Concord, Where First Provincial Congress Met. j ' I |