A nation, newly born.
“And I,” said Samuel Adams,[30]
“Thank God this day to see!”
“And I,” came back from Hancock[30];
“It makes the new world free!”
FOOTNOTES
[1] “There, at about two in the morning, a peal from the belfry of the meeting-house” called the inhabitants.—Bancroft’s U. S., vol. vii., ch. 27, p. 290. “There, in the morning hours, men ... were hiding what was left of cannon and military stores.”—Idem, ch. 28, p. 297.
[2] “The attempt had for several weeks been expected; ... in consequence, the committee of safety removed a part of the public stores and secreted the cannon.”—Idem, ch. 27, p. 288.
[3] “Red-coats,” a nickname given to the British soldiers, who wore red coats.
[4] “About seven o’clock the British marched ... under the brilliant sunshine into Concord.... The Americans ... therefore retreated ... till ... they gained high ground about a mile from ... the town.... There they waited for aid.... Between nine and ten the number had increased to more than four hundred ... from Bedford, ... Westford, ... from Littleton, from Carlisle, and from Chelmsford.”—Idem, ch. 28, pp. 298, 299.