FIRST - Forcible resistance to British aggression, and first enemy fell - Concord, MA
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The Concord Battle Monument marks the site of the first forcible resistance to British aggression and where the first enemy fell. It is located in Minuteman National Historic Park. The entrance is at 174 Liberty Street in Concord, MA.
Waymark Code: WM17BBT
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 01/19/2023
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The Concord Battle Monument is a 25' tall obelisk that commemorates the first battle of the Revolutionary War at the North Bridge over the Concord River in Concord, MA.
The granite obelisk is set of on top a set of four steps. A plaque on the monument is inscribed:
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 that Revolution
which gave
Independence
to these United States.
In gratitude to God
and
in the love of Freedom
this Monument
was erected
AD 1836
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