Shot Heard 'Round the World - American Revolutionary War Veteran Graves on Waymarking.com

There is a cemetery in Concord known as the Old Hill Burying Ground (see pic) where a number of the ORIGINAL minutemen are buried. Included among them are Colonel James Barrett, Colonel John Buttrick, and several others. Buttrick is known to have uttered the famous words, "Fire, fellow soldiers, for Gods sake, fire!” at the Old North Bridge where the first shots were fired by Colonials on the British Troops, while crossing the "rude bridge" on that fateful morn.

Location type: Section of a Cemetery/Mass Grave Date of Birth: 1731 Date of Death: May 16, 1791 Cause of death: Died Later Grave Marker Text: Colonel John Buttrick "Who Commanded the Militia Companies which made the First Attack Upon the British Troops at Concord North Bridge, on 19th of April , 1775" Ranks: Major at the time of April 19, 1775, Colonel at death.

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PLEASE NOTE: This category is for American Revolutionary War Veterans only. Veterans of other revolutions are not part of this category.

I have allowed one entry for a grave of British solders, but it was an exception. Please only list graves for Colonial soldiers.

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