The Old North Bridge - oldnorthbridgeconcordLABORTO184779
by Frank J Benz
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The Old North Bridge - oldnorthbridgeconcordLABORTO184779
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Frank J Benz
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Photograph - Photography
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The Old North Bridge
This is a view from the west side of the Old North Bridge where the Colonial Minutemen occupied the high ground when the firing began on the British troops located across the bridge on the east side of the Concord River.
The Old North Bridge is the site where Major John Buttrick ordered the shot heard round the world that was fired against the British troops on the morning of April 19, 1775, the first day of the American War of Independence. When the first shot was fired the British troops had moved to the east side of the bridge as the Colonial Minutemen advanced from the high ground on the west side of the bridge to engage in battle.
The bridge in place on the day of the shot heard round the world was built in 1760 and is known as a pile bent bridge. Since 1654, the people of Concord were replacing that bridge approximately every 20 or 30 years. The minuteman statue can be seen on the approach path on the west side of the river.
The North Bridge crossed the Concord River and the bridge that stands there today was restored in 2005, in its original location, and is a restoration of the last bridge built on this historic site in 1956. The bridge that was built in 1956 was the fifth bridge to take is place on this hallowed ground since the battle took place in 1775. The actual bridge over which the battle was fought was taken down in the year 1788. Since the original bridge, a replacement was erected in 1875, 1889, 1909, 1956 and then restored to its current condition in 2005.
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June 23rd, 2018
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