Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-01

t....,r rrsen and faced the road along
,.sieh thc troops were marchinF. u
snnaii body under Major Pitcairn be-
inc in the lead. Riding In front of his
men. Pitcairn ordered me Americahs
An disnerse. They hesitaicd. too FEW
~ ,.sist. too brave 10 n.y." Discharg-
Inc MS pistol. Pitcairn ordered his men
by ors Their volioy Killed seven men
90 ,ysundfd nine. The survivors dis
,,',,.J Thc British presaed on to Con-
a,rl two miles farther. and destroyed
tha storcs. They then attempted 90
cross thc concord river 90 the western
bank. Intending to capture or destroy
,,Sf by the minute men OF Concord.
Each Marcy fired q vollty and two
v1rs tiiiai on each side. The British
,ssrs forced hastily ~ retreat toward
fisston. II was during this retreat
that The greatest execution occurred.
The route Of the troops wac continuity
harrassed b. the rebels. wif5 MD be.
psured In n calling frs. AZ ihc Brit
ish reached the oid Munroc Tavern.
ihsv fen To the ground, their t1ngu
hanging out OF their mouths. while
lord percy. with cannon and rlln-
forcemanta from Boston. protected
them from their pursuers. Afier re-
frtshmsnt and n few hours rest, fhcy
continued thDlF tttFtAtt ANN lHI HNlA ut-
Ing aaslIuousiy kCpt up uutl che Hrl-
ieh crbasad Chnfieatuwn Neck Into Hog-
CON. n iliiie after sunset. IN killed.
wounisd and missing ;hcy had loss go.
the Americans Is. with this ractal ~
the events of the battle IN mind. the
reader can understand the dcillls
which are 20 follow.
Early on the morning OF Saturday.
July 81. we took toe electric car az
CanhritiFo CHarvard square) and rode
90 Arlington. There we entered
''bargcs" tcapaci0us wag0nD and pro-
cseded along the famous Did road. "A
we went. we could almost Imagine that
the same houses and fences were
Standing and she same trees shrubs.
and grain growing which gladdcned
tha eyes OF the Evolutionary farmers.
10 quaint ana picturesque r. The rcgl1n.
and 40 suggestive on "yc olden tyma."
The country IL typlcal OF New England.
being marked BY rolling hills, bfnuti-
fui foliage ard rock beairawn siil.
Points Of historic Interest along the
road are deslgnatcd by roue tablets,
bearing appropriate inscriptions The
flrFi place Of thls kind We reached was
sac SPOT whore benjamin. wellington.
a mlnute-man. was nvoriakcn and Dis.
armed by the British, before they
reached Lexington. lie borrowed
another run. however. and took pal
IN the battle later IN the day. as aisS
other battles 81 thu war. Next we
reached the house ~ Jonathan Har.
ringion. the las; survivor pf the Battle
p Lexington, who dlcd In 1854. March
hut one OF the mos, Interesting
points on the ROAD n the old Munro
Tavern. bulh 10 iGai. and, occupied In
iilb BY Major Munroo " ,hr American
militia. II DE- now Kept by his grand.
non. garrul0us ola gcnilsman. Mn,
delights In telling o. the events u
Lexington" on the 18th OF April.
Munrne hearing of The British advance
thought thai thcy wcrc In search Of
Hancock and Adams. who were IN an.
other part % the village. lie accord
ingly went TO vain them. leaving the
tavern Ia charge Of Raymond, the OH
bartender on their ruturn from Con.
cord, the british were met nt this sav.
crn by pcrcy'a endorsements. and lay
down FOR n brief rect. Here hospital
was impfoviscd Tor their forty wounded
men, and here also they were served
with drinks by old Raymond. Not INK.
Ing bis cuaiomcfs the poor old fellow
tried TO escape. but was wantnnly shot
down In tho rrar ~ thu building. A.
the troops left the tavern. thcy at
tempted TO burn u. but The nrr was ex-
Tho I'D place had later Interest. too.
Washington rested there In 1919. ard
the chair In which h. sat Il stiil loving
~ and revcrcntly preserved.
Farther north are tablets marking