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Colonel James Barrett\u2019s farm<\/a> may have been the impetus for the British march on Concord<\/a> in 1775. British troops reportedly had caught wind of Patriot artillery and ammunition being stored at the farm, and set out on April 18-19th to search for and seize it. Thanks to the alarm of Dr. Samuel Prescott, most of the arms were hidden or dispersed by the time the British arrived. However, the march did set off fighting at the nearby North Bridge, which evolved into the first battles of the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n

The inscription on this bronze plaque, restored in 2012 by the Old Concord Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, reads:<\/p>\n

HOUSE AND FARM OF
\nCOLONEL JAMES BARRETT,
\nCOMMANDING OFFICER
\nOF THE MIDDLESEX MILITIA<\/p>\n

ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 19, 1775, THE BRITISH MARCH
\nFROM BOSTON WHICH RESULTED IN THE OUTBREAK OF THE
\nREVOLUTIONARY WAR ENDED HERE WITH A SEARCH FOR MILITARY
\nSTORES. GUN CARRIAGES FOUND BY THE LIGHT INFANTRY WERE
\nBURNED IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. OTHER WEAPONS AND SUPPLIES
\nWERE SUCCESSFULLY CONCEALED IN THE ATTIC OF THE HOUSE,
\nIN FURROWS PLOWED NEAR THE FARMYARD AND IN SPRUCE
\nHOLLOW BEHIND THE HOUSE.<\/p>\n

ERECTED BY OLD CONCORD CHAPTER
\nDAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
\nAPRIL 19, 1961<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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