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The Minute Man, Old North Bridge, Concord, MA, circa 1945

Subject
Monuments & Memorials
Card type
Chrome
Date
c. 1945 (Linen)
Front of The Minute Man, Old North Bridge, Concord, MA, circa 1945, c. 1945 chrome postcard
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The bronze Minute Man stands on a tall stone pedestal at Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, with bare trees and shrubs around it under a pale sky. Daniel Chester French's figure commemorates the colonial militia who faced British troops at the bridge on April 19, 1775, and it became a widely recognized image of the ordinary soldier at the start of the Revolution. The pedestal carries lines from Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Concord Hymn," including the phrase "the shot heard round the world." The monument was dedicated in 1875, a century after the fight, and the bridge site remains a landmark of the opening day of the Revolutionary War.

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PublisherEdward Wells
Daniel Chester French's statue THE MINUTE MAN Old North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts "By the Rude Bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, and fired the shot heard round the world." (The above from Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Concord Hymn").
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PublisherEdward Wells
SeriesS-32815-1
ConditionGood
Place mentionedOld North Bridge, Concord, MA
PublisherDumont, NJ
NotesNo printed caption, publisher line, or border visible on the front; the plaque text on the pedestal is illegible in the scan. Slight fading and fine halftone texture. No postmark, stamp, or handwriting. Divided-back chrome-era card, glossy surface, no white border. Printed caption and publisher imprint on back only.

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The Minute Man, Old North Bridge, Concord, MA, circa 1945, postcard, c. 1945. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-minute-man-old-north-bridge-concord-ma-circa-1945. Accessed November 2, 2026.