New Chapter in the History of the Concord Fight: Groton Minute-men at the North Bridge, April 19, 1775Lee & Shepard, 1885 - 32 strani |
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19th of April Acton alarm ammunition April 19 Arlington arrived Beacon Hill bearing the following Billerica Boston and Charlestown British soldiers British troops Bunker Hill Bunker Hill Monument buried cannon at Groton cannon from Concord Carlisle Charlestown citizens command COMMITTEE OF SAFETY Concord Bridge Concord Fight Curiosities of History Danvers ESSEX REGIMENT Evacuation of Boston fell fight at Concord fired following inscription Granite gravestone Groton minute GROTON MINUTE-MEN Hancock and Adams horse Jabez Wyman James Hayward Jason Russell John Hancock killed LEE & SHEPARD Lee and Shepard Lexington Lincoln Lynn Lynnfield Medford Memorial Stone memory of Capt Menotomy morning Nineteenth of April Old North Bridge old Powder-horn Parker Paul Revere Prescott Puritan government road Roxbury Salem Samuel SENDING THE CANNON Sept Siege and Evacuation Solomon Willard Sudbury tavern TOWNS ENGAGED votes Waltham Watertown West Cambridge Westford WHEIL Wheildon William William W Woburn wounded Wright's story writer
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Stran 20 - 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. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When...
Stran 19 - 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 that Revolution Which gave Independence To these United States. In gratitude to God, And In the love of freedom, This Monument Was erected AD 1836.
Stran 23 - The Die was Cast!!! The Blood of these Martyrs In the cause of God and their Country was the Cement of the Union of these States, then Colonies, and gave the spring to the Spirit, Firmness and Resolution of their Fellow Citizens.
Stran 23 - Sacred to the Liberty and the Rights of Mankind ! ! ! The Freedom and Independence of America — sealed and defended with the blood of her sons — This Monument is erected by the Inhabitants of Lexington, under the patronage and at the expense of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to the memory of their Fellow-citizens, Ensign Robert Monroe, Messrs.
Stran 10 - The Sunday before, by desire of Dr. Warren, I had been to Lexington, to Messrs. Hancock and Adams, who were at the Rev. Mr. Clark's. I returned at night through Charlestown; there I agreed with a Colonel Conant and some other gentlemen, that if the British went out by water, we would show two lanterns in the north church steeple; and if by land, one, as a signal; for we were apprehensive it would be difficult to cross the Charles River, or get over Boston neck.
Stran 28 - were so much exhausted with fatigue that they were obliged to lie down for rest on the ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase.
Stran 24 - Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war let it begin here,
Stran 23 - They rose as one man to revenge their Brethren's blood, and at the point of the Sword to assert and defend their native Rights. They nobly dared to be Free ! ! ! The contest was long, bloody, and affecting. Righteous Heaven approved the Solemn Appeal ; Victory crowned their Arms, and the Peace, Liberty, and Independence of the United States of America was their glorious Reward. Built in the year 1799.
Stran 24 - In memory of Mr. James Hayward, son of Capt. Samuel and Mrs. Mary Hayward, who was killed in Concord fight, Ap. 19th, 1775, aged 25 years and four days, " This monument may unborn ages tell, How brave young Hayward, like a hero fell, When fighting for his country's liberty, Was slain ; and here his body now doth lye. He and his foe were by each other slain, His victim's blood, with his, the earth did stain; Upon...
Stran 23 - They rose as one Man to revenge their Brethren's Blood, and at the point of the sword to assert and Defend their native Rights. They nobly dared to be free ! ! The contest was long, bloody and affecting, Righteous Heaven approved the solemn appeal, Victory crowned their arms \ and The Peace, Liberty and Independence of the United States of America was their Glorious Reward.