Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around . j> r r ; V. 144 GUIDE TO BOSTON. hill which was the minute-mens second post whence they re-treated over the Old North Bridge to await reinforcements asColonel Smiths troops entered the village. Soon after crossingthe railroad track, The old Manse is seen at the left. FromMonument Street an avenue of pines leads to the North Bridgeand the Battle Ground. The Battle Monument at the approachto the bridge tells us that: Here on the 19th of April, 1775 was made the first forcible resistance to British Aggression. On the opposite bank stood the Am
Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around . j> r r ; V. 144 GUIDE TO BOSTON. hill which was the minute-mens second post whence they re-treated over the Old North Bridge to await reinforcements asColonel Smiths troops entered the village. Soon after crossingthe railroad track, The old Manse is seen at the left. FromMonument Street an avenue of pines leads to the North Bridgeand the Battle Ground. The Battle Monument at the approachto the bridge tells us that: 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 the Revolution, which gave Independence to these United States In gratitude to God, and in the love of Freedom, tiiis monument was erected, A. D. 1836. Across the picturesque Battle Bridge is Frenchs beatiful statueof the Minute-Man. Emersons words are the inscription; By the rude bridge which spanned the flood,Their flag to Aprils breeze unfurled,Here once
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