...Emerson, speaking of the first shot of the Revolution fired at the old bridge at Cuncord, says : " By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, There once the embattled fanners Btood And fired the -hut heard round the world." H>w wonderfully the...

... . •1^HI\v/)9f•^ '.'.-** )ln '2X0 WfiSfl® teW* 1 ' HARPER'S FERR\ r " By the rude Bridge that arched the flood, Their flag...breeze unfurled ; Here once the embattled farmers Hood, And fired the mot heard round the World." RW EMERSON. JAMES REDPATH. BOSTON: THAYER AND ELDRIDGE,...

...physical resistance was made to the soldiers of George III. by his revolutionary colonies — " By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Where once the embattled fiirmera stood, And fired the shot heard round the world." But within these...

...Concord, and the grandson of the pastor of the village who was present at the time of the conflict : By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag...stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The other scene is Mount Vernon, the unadorned yet spacious wooden mansion where Washington spent his latest...

...stone on our right, it '• gave peace to these United States." As a Concord poet has sung : — " By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag...unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. u The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent...

...tablet tells us the newly springing sod was fertilized by the life-blood of the first slain foeman. " By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag...stood And fired the shot heard round the world." The ground upon which the monument stands was given to the town by Dr. Kipley in 1834, for the purpose,...

...farmers, as a class, may never be less patriotic than on that "glorious morning " when, — "Their flags to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled...stood, And fired the shot heard round the world." The President. — Lexington is proud to share the honors of the iQth of April with the goodly array of...

...who was present at the time of the conflict : By the rude bridge that arched the Hum). Their fliuf to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled...stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The other scene is Mount Vernon, the unadorned yet spacious wooden mansion where Washington spent his latest...

...never be less patriotic than on that " glorious morning " when, — "Their flags to April's bree/e unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world." The President. — Lexington is proud to share the honors of the igth of April with the goodly array of...

...lay them down no more Till we have driven the Briton Forever from our shore. WILLIAM CULLEN BRVANT. HYMN: SUNG AT THE COMPLETION OF THE CONCORD MONUMENT,...Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the cmlwttlcd fanners stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept...