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During the early years of national parks (1870s and 1880s), before there was such an organization as the United States National Park Service, there was no specific unifying dress code for employees. The man credited with being the first park ranger, Harry Yount , wore clothing typical of the late 19th century outdoorsmen.
A National Park Service map showing the redcoats' retreat from Concord. Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, concerned about the safety of his men, sent flankers to follow a ridge and protect his forces from the roughly one thousand colonials now in the field as the British marched east out of Concord.
The route deemed to be the Battle Road falls completely within today's Minute Man National Historic Park. [2] The following points of interest are located along the road (from west to east, to align with the timeline of events of April 19, 1775) in the immediate build-up to the battle at Bloody Angle. [2] One of the grave sites of British soldiers
The site is owned and operated by the National Park Service and Preservation Virginia, also serving as a unit of Colonial National Historical Park. [64] John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Massachusetts: 0.09 acres (0.00036 km 2) John F. Kennedy was a part of the Kennedy political family and served as the 35th President of the United States.
The 249-year-old musket balls were discovered by archeologists doing "compliance activities" in preparation for an event, the National Park Service said in a news release Tuesday.
Citizen Information Service. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts "Minute Man NHP Things To Do". National Park Service. Archived from the original on December 9, 2008 "NPS Museum Collections 'American Revolutionary War': Riflemen". Valley Forge National Historical Park. National Park Service Museum Collections.
The capture site is marked with a plaque beside the Battle Road in Lincoln, Massachusetts, in today's Minute Man National Historical Park. [1] It was at this location that Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott were captured by a British patrol.
The house and 3.4 acres of land were purchased and restored by Save Our Heritage, a Concord non-profit that transferred ownership to the National Park Service in 2012. Lexington Battle Green, formerly known as Lexington Common, site of the first action on April 19, 1775, is part of the park's story, but the Town of Lexington owns and maintains it.