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Saturday, April 19, 2008"Their flag to April's breeze unfurled"
April 19th, 1775. The inscription on the monument near the Concord Bridge reminds us
 HEREOn the 19 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 Here's a picture of the bridge you can see in the background from the other side, taken by Martine Smith (makes great desktop wallpaper).
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Concord Hymn
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
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, like our sires, are sons are gone.
Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.
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