All I can say is, if you stand on these streets you just can't help but want to sing "God Bless America." The feeling of patriotism is in the air. Many of the stores and restaurants play fife drum music and harpsichord tunes and at any given moment you can see a Red Coat or a Patriot walking the town from different functions and re-enactments. We took our picture several times with both and it really was a special bonus.
We visited Minuteman National Park and saw the North Bridge where the "shot heard 'round the world" rang out and started the whole bloody thing! At the bridge, it was the British on one side and the Patriots on the other. Those poor British soldiers had no idea what they were walking into. They had come from England, only 700 of them, to seize some stockpiled ammunition and talk some sense into those crazy Massachusetts colonists. Little did they know, we had found out and were waiting in numbers twice and three times as much as them. We visited the Paul Revere capture sight and saw the homestead of a family that was living right in the middle of all the action. So much to see; and I can't stress to you enough how every rock and stone and tree speaks to you as you walk through those beautiful woods and then onto the battlefield and across the bridge. It's a feeling that is amazing.
We ate lunch at The Colonial Inn. Again, we have stayed here overnight previously and it is such a cool place. It was an antique by the time the Revolutionary War even came! It actually is the OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY operating Inn in America. And a Redcoat was going in for a drink at the tavern!Louisa May Alcott's home is in Concord as well as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau. We have visited them all in the past but are saving them for next time. I want the kids to know who Louisa May Alcott is before we visit so they get more out of it. My son really loves old homes and touring them. The house in the picture above is Louisa's. Orchard House is its name.
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