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Biking the Battle Road Trail |
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Today we hauled our bikes to the “Battle Road Trail” at
Minuteman National Historic Park in Concord, Massachusetts. It’s
the same road that Revere, Dawes and Prescott used to warn their neighbors “the
Regulars are coming out!” (They did not
say “the British are coming”…at the time they were all British.) We started at the Visitor’s Center where we
watched the multimedia theater program The
Road to Revolution, which gives a great introduction to the park, Paul
Revere’s Ride, and what would come to be known as “the shot heard round the
world”. Once on
the trail, there are signs and monuments scattered here and there that tell the
story. We pedaled along 10 miles of the actual
road where British soldiers retreated under intense gunfire from the colonial
militia after the first skirmish of what would become the Revolutionary
War. It happened April 19th,
1775. It’s remembered here in
Massachusetts as Patriots Day and if you’re lucky enough to be here on the
actual anniversary date you can get up early and watch the re-enactment. It’s supposed to be incredible. We all agreed this has been one of our
favorite days so far. The weather was
perfect, the scenery looked like something from a movie, we had fun, and we
learned about history at the same time.
Perfect.
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