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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. MMVCM_190809_001.JPG: Minute Man National Historical Park Minute Man Visitor Center Minute Man National Historical Park was the starting place of the American Revolution: here the resolve of citizens willing to risk their lives for the ideals of liberty and self-determination was instrumental in the formation of the American identity. The park preserves sites where Colonial militia men and British soldiers clashed on April 19, 1775. A force of 700 British soldiers left Boston to seize military supplies stockpiled in Concord. Alarm riders alerted the countryside. In area towns, militia companies assembled, ready to defend their communities and their liberties if necessary. After brief battles at Lexington Green (5:00 a.m.) and Concord's North Bridge (9:30 a.m.) fighting escalated along the "Battle Road." As the British troops marched back towards Boston, militia companies poured in. By afternoon, nearly 4,000 Colonists unleashed "an incessant fire" upon the British soldiers. At the end of the day, the Colonists surrounded and laid siege to Boston. The Revolutionary War had begun. The Battle Road Trail This five mile trail from Meriam's Corner to Fiske Hill provides pedestrian, bicycle and wheelchair access to many cultural and natural sites within the park. The trail visits battle sites, agricultural fields, colonial homes and taverns, forests, fragile wetlands, and historic landmarks. Portions of the trail are on the Battle Road where the British column marched; other sections follow stone walls and farm lanes traversed by the Colonists. Many visitors begin their tour by viewing the exhibits and orientation program at the Minute Man Visitor Center.
2. MMVCM_190809_032.JPG: April 19, 1775 The Dawn of Revolution On the night of April 18, 1775 approximately 700 British soldiers gathered on Boston Commons to prepare for a raid on American military supplies stored in nearby Concord. Informed of the British troop movement, Paul Revere and William Dawes, Boston residents set out to warn their fellow colonists. Over the next twenty-four hours, a series of events ensued which took Massachusetts and colonies a major step closer to Independence. Casualties, first in Lexington, then in Concord , and finally on the road back to Boston, marked a turning point in a decade-old struggle. By the end of the day on April 19, the Minute Men had surrounded Boston and laid siege to the port city. On July 2, 1775, George Washington, a planter from distant Virginia, took charge of the army. Eight months later, on March 17, 1776, British troops evacuated Boston. In Massachusetts the fighting was over, but the War for Independence had only begun. Exhibits and audiovisual programs in this Visitor Center tell the story of the events of April 19, 1775, the immediate consequences of those events, and their meaning for our Republic.
3. MMVCM_190809_039.JPG: British Forays, 1774-1775
4. MMVCM_190809_050.JPG: Stockpiling Arms
5. MMVCM_190809_060.JPG: Military Preparedness
6. MMVCM_190809_066.JPG: Major John Pitcairn
7. MMVCM_190809_073.JPG: Hugh, Earl Percy
8. MMVCM_190809_077.JPG: Countrymen and Adversaries
9. MMVCM_190809_082.JPG: Lieutenant Frederick Mackenzie
10. MMVCM_190809_087.JPG: Battle Road -- April 19, 1775 Returning to Boston Under Fire
11. MMVCM_190809_109.JPG: Countrymen and Adversaries
12. MMVCM_190809_111.JPG: Peter Salem
13. MMVCM_190809_118.JPG: Lieutenant Joseph Hosmer
14. MMVCM_190809_126.JPG: Paul Revere
15. MMVCM_190809_130.JPG: Parker's Revenge Revealed
16. MMVCM_190809_133.JPG: Several hours after the bloodshed on Lexington Green...
17. MMVCM_190809_136.JPG: Battle-Related Artifacts
18. MMVCM_190809_142.JPG: Who Fired That Shot?
19. MMVCM_190809_147.JPG: British Musket Balls Diameter: .69" Weight: 30 grams Diameter: .65" Weight: 25 grams Colonial Musket Balls Diameter: .62" Weight: 22 grams Diameter: .44" Weight: 8 grams
20. MMVCM_190809_150.JPG: New evidence solves a centuries-old mystery
21. MMVCM_190809_154.JPG: British flankers assemble and fire at the militia on the ridge.
22. MMVCM_190809_156.JPG: The Lexington militia used their superior knowledge of the area to select an effective place for their ambush. After "Parker's Revenge," they continued on the ridge above the Bay Road, joining other militia groups attacking the British all the way into Lexington and on to Boston.
23. MMVCM_190809_174.JPG: The Alarm Answered
24. MMVCM_190809_183.JPG: Awakening the Countryside
25. MMVCM_190809_191.JPG: Old North Church
26. MMVCM_190809_194.JPG: Alarm Riders
27. MMVCM_190809_202.JPG: Spies
28. MMVCM_190809_212.JPG: Battle Road -- April 19, 1775
29. MMVCM_190809_215.JPG: The News Spreads
30. MMVCM_190809_231.JPG: The Siege of Boston
31. MMVCM_190809_241.JPG: "The barbarous murders committed on our innocent brethren... have made it absolutely necessary that we immediately raise an army to defend our wives and children from the butchering hands of the inhuman soldiery..." -- Dr. Joseph Warren, April 20, 1775
32. MMVCM_190809_247.JPG: "It's hard to stay cooped up here and feed upon salt provissions [sic], more especially without one's wife. ... I find an absolute necessity to be here myself, as the [British] soldiery think they have a license to plunder every one's house and store who leaves town..." -- John Andrews, Boston resident June 1, 1775
33. MMVCM_190809_249.JPG: "The present state of the inhabitants of Boston is that of the most abject slaves, under the most cruel and despotic of tyrants." -- Abigail Adams to John Adams July 5, 1775
34. MMVCM_190809_251.JPG: "Was it not for a triffle of salt provissions [sic] that we have, 'twould be impossible for us to live. Pork and beans one day, beans and pork another, and fish when we can catch it." -- John Andrews, Boston resident June 1, 1775
35. MMVCM_190809_252.JPG: "I went to the Common and to Beacon hill ,where I saw all our encampments and those of the enemy. From this hill you have a view of the town and country all around it." -- Lieutenant Richard Williams, British officer June 12, 1775
36. MMVCM_190809_254.JPG: "A [British] soldier, one of the Light-Horse men, was hanged at the head of their camp for attempting to desert." -- Timothy Newell, Boston resident September 30, 1775
37. MMVCM_190809_256.JPG: "This day was invited by two gentlemen to dine upon rats." -- Timothy Newell, Boston resident August 1, 1775
38. MMVCM_190809_258.JPG: "Their [the British soldiers'] living conditions cannot be good, as they have no fresh provisions; their beef, we hear, is all gone, and their own wounded men die very fast, so that they have a report that the bullets [fired by American troops] were poisoned." -- Abigail Adams to John Adams July 5, 1775
39. MMVCM_190809_265.JPG: Panoramic Views of Boston
40. MMVCM_190809_288.JPG: The Evacuation of Boston
41. MMVCM_190809_306.JPG: Revolution and Independence
42. MMVCM_190809_316.JPG: The Wayside and the Concord Authors
43. MMVCM_190809_320.JPG: Home of Authors
44. MMVCM_190809_325.JPG: The Two Revolutions
45. MMVCM_190809_327.JPG: Discover Lexington and Concord
46. MMVCM_190809_332.JPG: Exploring Minute Man National Historical Park
47. MMVCM_190809_333.JPG: Where the Revolution Began
48. MMVCM_190809_362.JPG: Conflicting Duties
49. MMVCM_190809_376.JPG: I really hate dog walkers who leave their dog's manure in little baggies.
50. MMVCM_190809_377.JPG: Parker's Revenge: Revealed!
51. MMVCM_190809_384.JPG: Surrounded by Incessant Fire
52. MMVCM_190809_408.JPG: Fearful of Danger
53. MMVCM_190809_414.JPG: Thomas Nelson Jr. House
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