In the love of Freedom

This is the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, the site where the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired in 1775.

The American patriots approached the British from the opposite side of the bridge, where you can see a statue of a minuteman. The British were approaching from the side where I was standing when I took this shot. On this side of the river stands an obelisk with a plaque that reads:

HERE
On the 19 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
In gratitude to GOD
and
In the love of Freedom
this Monument
was erected
AD 1836

As I've mentioned before, I don't consider myself a terribly patriotic person. But it's hard not to feel just a wee bit patriotic while surrounded by so much history.