The Flag Which Was Carried at the Concord Fight

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ON COPYRIGHT 1907 BY E. A. BUCK, CONCORD, MASS. The Flag Which Was Carried at the Concord Fight. This old banner was made in England about 1670 and brought to this country for a military company in Boston. After its disbanding the flag was stored in the garret of Josiah Page's house in Bedford, and on the morning of the 19th of April, 1775, was taken from its resting place and carried by the Bedford Minute Men to Concord, participating in the fight at the bridge. It was then returned to its former resting place, to remain undisturbed until about 1870, when it was taken down and placed in the Bedford Library. This is the first time it has ever been printed except on the Centennial program of Concord in 1875. It is considered one of the most interesting historical relics in this country. To this famous flag were indited Emerson's famous lines: 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 round the world. The flag carries the motto "Conquer or Die." Well adapted to the brave men who carried it in that famous battle.

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Place Stamp Here. United States, and Island Pos- sessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico, Foreign, HISTORICAL SERIES OF REVOLUTIONARY TOWNS PUBLISHED BY E. A. BUCK, CONCORD, MASS.