#british regulars

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The Crispest Redcoats

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Nov 6, 2018 -The North Bridge- Concord, MA -photo taken Sept 17, 2018

This the east side of the bridge, the side from which the British Regulars began their march across it. The Patriots waited, hidden on the hill behind those trees, before descending down to drive the Regulars back.

I was surprised by how small, and narrow the bridge is, and how short the distance across the Concord River. The original bridge was taken down in 1793, but over the years has been rebuilt a few times. The present bridge was built in 1956, and restored in 2005. The 1956 design was based on the plans from the 1760s for the original bridge.

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Nov 6, 2018 -North Bridge, Concord, MA -photo taken Sept 17, 2018

The North Bridge is just a little over 2 miles from Walden Pond, and was my second stop, after I had decided to take a detour while on my way up to Littleton, MA back in Sept.

I had never been to the North Bridge, but I had been particularly inspired to visit it, after having had just finished reading Nathaniel Philbrick's book "Bunker Hill", a book I highly recommend for those interested in this period of t American history. Philbrick is a wonderful author who truly knows how to bring history alive.

Back on April 18, 1775, British Regulars had been sent out from Boston to march to the town of Concord, where it was believed that the Colonists were stock piling arms and ammunition.The soldiers were to seize any they found, and were to capture the Patriot leaders, Samuel Adams and John Hancock.

Hancock and Adams evaded capture because the colonists had been waned the night before by Paul Revere and two other messngers on horseback, that a large group of British Regulars were marching to the town of Concord. That early warning gave the Patriot militia time to come in from the surrounding towns and countryside to gather in much larger numbers.

Tensions between the British Regulars and the Colonists had been mounting for quite some time, and those tensions had reached a hair-trigger point, which led,in the early dawn hours of April 19th,1775, first, to a skirmish on the Lexingto Green, that left eight Patriots dead.The town of Lexington is a little over 6 miles from Concord. It is debated to this day who fired the first shot. Then later that morning, the incident at the North Bridge in Concord unfolded, which is considered the opening battle of the American Revolution.

In this shot above, the Patriot militia would have been gathered up on the hill behind where I am standing to take this photo. They were ablee to see the British Regulars coming from the east side(left here) of the bridge, and crossing over it. The orders that had been given to the Regulars were to hold the bridge. The Regulars weren't aware of how large the group of Patriot Miniutemen was that had gatheredon the hill, until the Patriots emerged from the cover of the trees, and marched down the hill in a very organized fashion to the bridge .They greatly outnumbered the smaller groupf of Regulars who had been left to guard the bridge, so they were easily able to forced the British Regulars back acroos the bridge. With tensions being so high, soon shots rang out from both sides. In the end, the British Regulars were forced to retreat the 18 miles back to Boston with the Patriots right on their heels the whole way.

That is very abreviated summary of familar historical events. The circumstances that had led up to these event, and to the beginning of the American Revolution, were in reality far more complex than many of us might realize.

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British Regulars Vs. Dutch Blue Guards

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Keegan McMillan

Colonialist Dennis Robertson's Hunchmen

Occupation: Robertson's manservant, cartographer, guide, and lieutenant.

Voiced/Portrayed by Domhnall Gleeson.

Early Concept Art

Inspired by Mr. Snoops from The Rescuers and Wiggins from Pocahontas.

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Colonialist Dennis Robertson's Soliders

Occupation: Robertson's Colonists, Soldiers of Colonialist Dennis Robertson, & Thugs.

Inspired by Pirate Crew from Peter Pan, Royal Guards from Aladdin, Ratcliffe's Colonists from Pocahontas, Frollo's Soldier from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hun Army from Mulan, & Clayton's Men from Tarzan.

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Nov 6, 2018 - The grave on the east side of the North Bridge where two British soldiers who died at the bridge are buried -taken Sept 17, 2018

"The grave of two British soldiers, who were slain in the skirmish, and have ever since slept peacefully where Zechariah Brown and Thomas Davis buried them. Soon was their warfare ended;–a weary night-march from Boston–a rattling volley of musketry across the river;–and then these many years of rest! In the long procession of slain invaders, who passed into eternity from the battle-fields of the Revolution, these two nameless soldiers led the way.”

-Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), “Mosses from an Old Manse”(1846)