FIRST ARMED RESISTANCE REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: MICHAEL TIERNAM
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
IN THE REVOLUTION THE FIRST ARMED RESISTANCE TO THE ROYAL AUTHORITY WAS MADE AT THIS BRIDGE 26 FEB 1775 BY THE PEOPLE OF SALEM. THE ADVANCE OF 300 BRITISH TROOPS, LED BY LT. COL. LESLIE AND SENT BY GEN. GAGE TO SEIZE MUNITIONS OF WAR, WAS HERE ARRESTED.
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