FIRST ARMED RESISTANCE REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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.
Listing Details
- Public
- REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Plaques On Stone
- 74 NORTH STREET
- 01970
- MICHAEL TIERNAM
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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