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Location. The North Bridge, often colloquially called the Old North Bridge, is a historic site in Concord, Massachusetts, spanning the Concord River. On April 19, 1775, the first day of the American Revolutionary War, provincial minutemen and militia companies numbering approximately 400 engaged roughly 90 British Army troops at this location.
174 wounded. 53 missing [8] The Battles of Lexington and Concord was the first major military campaign of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in an American victory and outpouring of militia support for the anti-British cause. [9] The battles were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the ...
The Pow-Wow Oak was an historic tree located in the Belvidere neighborhood of Lowell, Massachusetts. ( "Belvidere" means "beautiful to behold" in the Italian language.) This 300-year-old tree is believed to have served as a gathering place for pow wows held by the Native American Wamesit tribe. ( "Wamesit" is an Algonquian word meaning: "a ...
2,000–6,000 on Dorchester Heights. 10,000 in Boston. The Fortification of Dorchester Heights was a decisive action early in the American Revolutionary War that precipitated the end of the siege of Boston and the withdrawal of British troops from that city. On March 4, 1776, troops from the Continental Army under George Washington 's command ...
The Siege of Boston (April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776) was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War. [5] In the siege, American patriot militia led by newly-installed Continental Army commander George Washington prevented the British Army, which was garrisoned in Boston, from moving by land. Both sides faced resource, supply, and ...
Boston campaign. The Boston campaign was the opening campaign of the American Revolutionary War, taking place primarily in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The campaign began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, in which the local colonial militias interdicted a British government attempt to seize military stores and ...
The Liberty Tree in Boston, illustrated in 1825. The Liberty Tree (1646–1775) was a famous elm tree that stood in Boston, Massachusetts near Boston Common in the years before the American Revolution.
A timber rattlesnake. Venomous, but very rare, these critically endangered rattlesnakes prefer to keep their coils on the ground but are still amazing climbers and have been found in trees as high ...