Memorial plaque explaining the battle which took place at North Bridge, site of the Battle of Concord, Concord, MA, USA.

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Concord's North Bridge, where on April 19, 1775, colonial commanders ordered militia men to fire back at British troops for the first time. In his 1837 poem, "Concord Hymn", thinker and author Ralph Waldo Emerson immortalized the North Bridge Fight as "the shot heard round the world".

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Size: 5076px × 3384px
Location: Concord, MA, United States
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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