After observing the Battle of Lexington at dawn (click HERE to see that post), we jumped in the car and raced to Concord to see the re-enactment of the Battle of Concord Bridge. It didn't take long for the British troops we had just seen in Lexington to make it all the way to Concord. The unit above was a fife and drum corps from Williamsburg, Virginia.
There were many people at the Lexington dawn event, but even more at the Concord re-enactment. The event takes place on the bridge across the river, so it was more difficult to get a good view.
After the mock battle, all the tourists trooped across the bridge to celebrate. The re-enactors portraying the British troops began a long retreat back to Boston, stopping to remake all the skirmishes along the way. We did not follow them, but we saw a bunch of people on bicycles who were planning to follow the British actors all the way back to Arlington.
The Concord Minuteman
This re-enactor was relaxing on the front porch of the Concord Inn, where we stopped for lunch.
I was surprised by the large numbers of re-enactors who came to portray the British troops. When I asked them, they appeared to have come from quite a long ways to have the chance to be in this anniversary event. It was much easier to find local people to portray the minutemen than the British!
The same day we photographed these scenes, we were at the Lexington Green at dawn. Click here to see the post of that re-enactment:
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