...was but a part of the day's battle which we call the Battle of Lexington. " ' By the rude bridge thai arched the flood Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fi.ed the shot heard 'round the world.1 "The original of this picture is in the Lexington Town Hall....

...at the Old North Bridge over the Concord River that the "shot heard round the world" was fired. "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." I see my colleagues getting more anxious to move on, so I will....

...growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. 33 14 'Concord Hymn' By eed unnatural troubles; infected minds To their deaf...discharge their secrets. 10371 Macbeth I have lived lo fired the shot heard round the world. 3315 The Conduct of Life Make yourself necessary to someone....

...22, 1775 We Hold These Truths Hymn Sung at the Completion of the Concord Monument, April 19, 1836: By the rude bridge that arched the flood Their flag to...conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has wept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream. We set to-day...

...the Battle Monument commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord in the Revolutionary War. By the rude bridge that arched the flood. Their flag...foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror in silence sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps....

...surprised at the quiet stanzas that follow, which emphasize not man's defiance but time's victory: The foe long since in silence slept, Alike the conqueror silent sleeps, And time the ruined bridge hath swept Down the dark stream that seaward creeps. The Battle Monument offers a momentary stay against...

...back door with their owners. Emerson said it best: By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Tlieir flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world King George called us "rabble in arms." But with God's grace,...

...They stood at Concord Bridge, immortalized by the thrilling, dramatic lines of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 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. They bled on the slopes of Bunker Hill that hot day in June,...

...Waldo Emerson's Concord Hymn describes the first skirmishes of the Revolutionary War in these lines: By the rude bridge that arched the flood Their flag to...unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. During that time, there were many colonial and regimental flags,...

...They didn't succeed: The muskets went out the back door with their owners. 14 Emerson said it best: 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. 15 King George called us "rabble in arms." But with God's grace,...