IN 1775 CASEY WAS SAMUEL WHITNEY'S SLAVE. WHEN REVOLUTION CAME, HE RAN AWAY TO WAR, FOUGHT FOR THE COLONIES, AND RETURNED TO CONCORD A FREE MAN.

SEE ALSO-MAJOR JOHN BUTTRICK WAR MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-MAJOR JOHN BUTTRICK WAR MEMORIAL STONE

THE BRITISH TROOPS RETREATING FROM THE OLD NORTH BRIDGE WERE HERE ATTACKED IN FLANK BY THE MEN OF CONCORD AND NEIGHBORING TOWNS AND DRIVEN UNDER A HOT FIRE TO CHARLESTON.

A MEMORIAL TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

THIS STATUE COMMONLY CALLED "THE CONCORD MINUTEMAN" IS OFTEN CONFUSED WITH NEARBY "THE LEXINGTON MINUTEMAN." BY THE RUDE BRIDGE THAT ARCHED THE FLOOD, THEIR FLAG TO APRIL'S BREEZE UNFURLED, HERE ONCE THE EMBATTLED FARMERS STOOD, AND FIRED THE SHOT HEARD ...