The story of Patriots' day, Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775, with poems brought out on the first observation of the anniversary holiday (1895)
Varney, George Jones, 1836- [from old catalog] · Boston, Lee and Shepard · leaf 42
larks house. In our waywe passed through the militia. There was about fifty.When we had got about one hundred yards from themeeting-house, the British troops appeared on bothsides of the meeting-house. In their front was anofficer on horseback. They made a short halt, when I 26 THE STORY OF… … Map of British Route, April 19, 1775. Ill THE MASSACRE AT LEXINGTON The two lanterns, hung for a few moments in thetower of Christ Church, at the north end of primitiveBoston, showed to the watchers in Charlestown thatthe expected British raid to destroy the military storesat Concord was in…
