Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park · Lincoln, Massachusetts
The ground where the American Revolution started shooting. On 19 April 1775 British regulars marched out of Boston to seize colonial arms at Concord, met militia on Lexington Green at dawn, were turned at Concord's North Bridge, and were then shot at for sixteen miles all the way back to Charlestown. The park preserves five miles of that road, the North Bridge, and the houses along it — and Emerson's phrase for what happened at the bridge, "the shot heard round the world", is carved on the monument there.
250 North Great Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 01773, United States
FREE, including parking. The park grounds and the Battle Road Trail are open year round during daylight hours. Visitor centres, Hartwell Tavern and ranger programmes are seasonal, generally April - October. The Wayside is shown by guided tour only, seasonally, for a small charge.
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