Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around .. . Assabet. and Punka-tasset Hill in the north part, overlooking the Concord. To see Concord satisfactorily one should take a carriage anddrive to the various points of interest. Like Lexington, its tab-lets proclaim its story for the benefit of the passer-by. Thehomes of the literary folk, and the graves of some of them;Lake Walden; the Concord Museum of historical relics; and themany places connected in some way with the battle; the hillsideburying-ground, with its clusters of gray stones—all these, andmany more, will prove interesting and i
Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around .. . Assabet. and Punka-tasset Hill in the north part, overlooking the Concord. To see Concord satisfactorily one should take a carriage anddrive to the various points of interest. Like Lexington, its tab-lets proclaim its story for the benefit of the passer-by. Thehomes of the literary folk, and the graves of some of them;Lake Walden; the Concord Museum of historical relics; and themany places connected in some way with the battle; the hillsideburying-ground, with its clusters of gray stones—all these, andmany more, will prove interesting and instructive. The Square near the corner of Lowell Street may be taken asa starting point for a stroll which will include a large numberof these points. The first thought is of the Battle Ground, andtaking Monument Street at the right, we reach it within a shorthalf-mile. The first street opening at the right leads to SleepyHoll(Sw Cemetery, where are the graves of Hawthorne, Emerson,Thoreau, the Alcotts, and the Hoars. This street lies against the. 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, this 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 f
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