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Minute Man National Historical Park commemorates the opening battle in the American Revolutionary War. It also includes the Wayside, home in turn to three noted American authors. The National Historical Park is under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service and protects 970 acres (392.5 ha) in and around the Massachusetts towns of ...
The Minute Man [note 1] is an 1874 sculpture by Daniel Chester French in Minute Man National Historical Park, Concord, Massachusetts. It was created between 1871 and 1874 after extensive research, and was originally intended to be made of stone. The medium was switched to bronze and it was cast from ten Civil War-era cannons appropriated by ...
The Samuel Brooks House is a historic American Revolutionary War site in Concord, Massachusetts, United States.It is part of today's Minute Man National Historic Park.It is located on North Great Road, just off Battle Road (formerly the Bay Road).
Meriam's Corner is a historic American Revolutionary War site associated with the revolution's first battle, the 1775 battles of Lexington and Concord.It is located, on the former Battle Road, at the junction of today's Lexington Road and Old Bedford Road in Concord, Massachusetts, and is named for the Meriam family who lived there.
"The Minute Man" has been used as the symbol of the United States National Guard and on coins such as the Massachusetts state quarter. On April 19, 1975, the 200th anniversary of the Concord Fight, President Gerald Ford gave a speech at the bridge and placed a wreath at the base of "The Minute Man" as part of the United States Bicentennial ...
Five musket balls were recently discovered by archeologists at Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts, and traced back to the event marked in history as “The Shot Heard Round the ...
The towns of Concord and Lexington, Massachusetts, are the site of Minute Man National Historical Park, a park governed by the National Park Service. [1] The most highly attended event in the park is the annual reenactment of the first shots of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, [2] performed by the Lexington Minute Men Company and His Majesty's Tenth Regiment of Foot.
From Concord to Lexington on Massachusetts Route 2A 42°28′09″N 71°21′01″W / 42.4692°N 71.3504°W / 42.4692; -71.3504 ( Minute Man National Historical Boundary increase (added 2002-11-29): Lexington, MA