Next Stop on Freedom's Path: Lexington and Concord

Yesterday we spent the day in Lexington and Concord, the site of the first battle of the American Revolution between the colonists and the British Army. The famous "shot that was heard 'round the world" was fired here and several other significant events took place in these towns. We took a trolley to see most of the sites along the road between Lexington and Concord where Paul Revere, William Dawes and Sam Prescott rode their horses to alert the colonial militia that the British were advancing. We then finished off the afternoon spending extra time at the sites we wanted to see in more detail. It was a really great day!! Our last stop yesterday was the Orchard House and I will let Miss Madeline tell you all about that tomorrow!! This was a BIG deal in her life!!

 

The Lexington Green...site where the first shots were fired...8 colonists died here, no British.

A different view of the Lexington Greens.

 

The Minute Man statue at Lexington Green

 

The Old North Bridge...the place of the first British casualties...and then the field behind it where the fighting continued.

 

 

The Minute Man statue in Concord

 

The beauty around the battlefield.

 

 

Delightful day in Lexington andbConcord.

 

The house where Paul Revere rode to to meet John Hancock and Sam Adams on the night of his famous ride...he arrived after he was captured and eventually released.

 

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