The Battle of Menotomy with A. Michael Ruderman
Arlington Masonic Temple 19 Academy Street, Arlington, MA, United StatesBattle Green was an accident. Concord Bridge, a skirmish. But in the most brutal and deadly warfare of April 19, 1775, nearly 6,000 combatants fought hand to hand and house to house, the length and breadth of Menotomy. At the Foot of the Rocks, the British “regulars” encountered their worst nightmare: a nascent Continental Army. […]