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American Account of Concord Bridge

Submitted by siempre33 on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 02:47
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EMERSON DESCRIBES THE STAND AT CONCORD BRIDGE

1775, 19 April. This morning, between I and 2 o'clock, we were alarmed by the ringing of the bell, and upon examination found that the troops, to the number of 800, had stole their march from Boston, in boats and barges, from the bottom of the Common over to a point in Cambridge, near to Inman's farm, and were at Lexington Meeting-house, half an hour before sunrise, where they had fired upon a body of our men, and (as we afterward heard) had killed several

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Thanks. Beautiful.

Submitted by DeMolay on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 04:03.

Something every school child should read.