Concord Battle Monument
Here
on the 19th of April
1775
was made
the first forcible resistance
to British aggression.
On the opposite bank
stood the American Militia.
Here stood the invading Army
and on this spot
the first of the enemy fell
in the War of that Revolution
which gave
Independence
to these United States.
In gratitude to God
and
in the love of Freedom
this monument
was erected
AD 1836
Marker is on Monument Street, on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
