north bridge concord 8:30

the men went to concord this morning. bright and early, to witness the "Commemoration of the North Bridge Fight at the North Bridge at 8:30 am". the boys were super excited and could hardly wait until dad had his coffee in the mug to be ready to hit the road. for this weekend concord and the minute men national historic park are transformed back into the year of 1775.

the red coats advance across the bridge toward lexington.

here the minute men come...
after defeating the red coats and pushing them back across the bridge from where they came.

and then the photo with one of the red coats. a "fifer", hi calls himself a "non combatant", just "fifing" along the way i guess...
it was fun and of course there was so much to see. except the cannon was missing for the reenactment that morning, they were keeping some special highlights for the rest of the day, when the battle road fight was reenacted. we did not spend all day in concord, but it was great to see what we have been studying for the past few months.