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British Grave at Meriam's Corner, Concord, Massachusetts
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This gravestone marks the burial of British soldiers killed at Meriam's corner by Colonial militia on April 19, 1775. These British soldiers were the first to fall during an eight hour running battle from Concord to Boston that afternoon. In the area of Meriam's corner a small gravestone marks the approximate location of British soldiers killed on April 19, 1775. These soldiers fell in the opening shots of a miles long running battle back to Boston. "when I got thair a great many lay dead and the road was bloody."~ Rev Edmund Foster
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