3 - 5 AM Menotomy to Edge of Lexington
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Home of Benjamin Locke. Captain of the Menotomy Minutemen. April 19 1775 |
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This is the house of Benjamin Locke, he was the captain of the Menotomy
Minutemen. They British passed his house while marching to Lexington.
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This marker (though you cannot see it in the picture) has an eight on it which means that it is eight miles away from Boston.
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General Gage sent orders to Lord
Percy to start out from Boston with a relief force as soon as possible,
but with a blunder in relaying orders, Lord Percy did not set out until
9 AM.
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