Here,

On the 19th of April,

1775,

Was made
The first forcible resistance
To British aggression.

On the opposite Bank,

Stood the American Militia.

Here stood the invading Army,
And on this spot .

The first of the enemy fell
In the War of that Revolution
Which gave
Independence
To these United States.

Ingratitude to God,
_p And
In the love of freedom,

This Monument
Was erected
A. D.1836.

The manufactures of Concord j

consist of cotton goods, satinet and
flannel, boots, shoes, hats, ploughs,
lead pipe, chairs and cabinet ware.
The whole value, in one year, ex-
clusive of cotton goods, amounted to
$156,012.

Concord River.

This river is formed by the union
of Assabet and Sudbury rivers at
Concord : after passing through the
towns of Bedford, Billerica, and
Chelmsford, it falls into the Mer-
rimack between Lowell and Tewks-
bury. This river furnishes the Mid-
dlesex canal with most of its wa-
ters.

Gonnanicut Island.

See Jamestown, R. I.