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Concord Massachusetts ~ Concord Fight Tablet ~ at North Bridge ~ linen postcard. Tablet of Concord Fight at North Bridge. Pat Off Made Only By Tichnor Bros Inc Boston Mass. The images are what you should use when making your buying decision. Disclaimer: The TITLE and DESCRIPTION (NOT the images) are generated by Artificial Intelligence. This helps us list cards faster. The technology is new and makes some mistakes. The images are what you should use when making your buying decision. Contact us if you find a significant error in the A.I. generated description so we can fix it. ********************************************************* This is a vintage postcard. Tablet of Concord Fight at North Bridge. This commemorative tablet has been erected at the Old North Bridge upon the site of that noble battle of April 19th 1775 when began the separation of two kindred nations now happily long united in peace. On the morning of April Nineteenth 1775 while the first red streaks of sunrise were painting the east and courage the minute men and militia of Concord and the neighboring towns gathered on the hill across the river. There the Concord Adjutant Joseph Hosmer demanded of the British Burn the town down? Then the Lieutenant Colonel of the British offered to dislodge them the Acton captain Isaac Davis said I havent a man thats afraid to go and the Concord farm Major John Buttrick marching from his own farm his aide was Lt. Colonel Barrett. The column was led by Major James Barrett. Colonel John Robinson of Lincoln and Bedford followed by Captain Isaac Davis and Buttrick cried British volley Isaac Davis fell Bedford cried Fire began the first Gods fire and here below soldiers for Britains kindred and fellow-fired separation of two kindred nations now happily long united in peace. The postcard depicts a commemorative tablet at the Old North Bridge in Concord Massachusetts which marks the site of the Battle of Concord a pivotal event in the American Revolutionary War. Pat Off Made Only By Tichnor Bros Inc Boston Mass.