A British dash for rebel supplies held in Concord is thwarted by express riders carrying news of the march. Thousands of militiamen and unattached volunteers stream in from the surrounding counties to converge on the British troops. A panicked skirmish at Lexington turns into a concentrated volley on Concord's North Bridge, and the sixteen-mile-long march back to Boston becomes a bloody gauntlet. By the time the British reach safety on the Charlestown peninsula at sundown, the orderly troops that had marched out of Boston the night before resemble nothing short of a panicked and bloodstained mob collapsing on the slopes of Bunker Hill.
What better way to celebrate this anniversary than with drinking a few beers from Battle Road Brewing Company? These two beers--Barrett's Farmhouse Ale and 1775--are named after events/locations of that day:
I haven't tried these out, but when I make it down to Boston (yes, Mandy, we're going to walk the Freedom Trail and drink beers in the oldest taverns), it'll be a priority.
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