GRAVE OF THE BRITISH SOLDIERS "THEY CAME THREE THOUSAND MILES, AND DIED TO KEEP THEPAST UPON ITS THRONE; UNHEAR, BEYOND THE OCEAN TIDE, THEIR ENGLISH MOTHER MADE HER MOAN." APRIL 19, 1775. - A Very Grave Matter: Gravestones and Burying Grounds of New England Ancestors Genealogy First Settlers of New Hampshire Maine Massachusetts NH ME MA

The Concord Bridge is located on Monument Street, 0.6 miles north of Concord Center. On April 19, 1775, British troops fought minutemen from Concord, Acton, and Bedford here. All photos donated by and copyright © of Bill Boyington.

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gravematter > The Concord Minuteman centennial monument:
1775
NINETEENTH
OF APRIL
1875

gravematter > ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 19, 1775, APPROXIMATELY
400 COLONIALS STOOD ON THE HILL OVERLOOKING THE
NORTH BRIDGE, AS SMOKE ROSE FROM CONCORD CENTER,
THE ORDER TO MARCH WAS GIVEN. IN THE EXCHANGE
OF FIRE THAT FOLLOWED, CAPT ISAAC DAVIS, WHO
HAD EXCLAIMED "I HAVEN'T A MAN WHO IS AFRAID TO GO",
WAS KILLED TOGETHER WITH ABNER HOSMER, A PRIVATE,
ALSO FROM ACTON.

THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE CAPTAIN ISAAC DAVIS CHAPTER
OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, APRIL, 1975.

gravematter > GRAVE OF [2] BRITISH SOLDIERS.

gravematter > GRAVE OF THE BRITISH SOLDIERS
"THEY CAME THREE THOUSAND MILES, AND DIED
TO KEEP THEPAST UPON ITS THRONE;
UNHEAR, BEYOND THE OCEAN TIDE,
THEIR ENGLISH MOTHER MADE HER MOAN."
APRIL 19, 1775.

gravematter > IN MEMORY
OF THE
BRITISH SOLDIERS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE SERVICE OF
THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
APRIL 19, 1775

UNNAMED
AND SELDOM REMEMBERED.
THEY HAVE LAIN HERE 232 YEARS.

REST IN PEACE

GRAVE OF THE BRITISH SOLDIERS
"THEY CAME THREE THOUSAND MILES, AND DIED
TO KEEP THEPAST UPON ITS THRONE;
UNHEAR, BEYOND THE OCEAN TIDE,
THEIR ENGLISH MOTHER MADE HER MOAN."
APRIL 19, 1775.