...men as the British were nearing, he ordered " every man to load " his piece with powder and ball. " Don't fire unless fired upon; but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here!" I think these significant words ought to be preserved. They were kept as the family tradition of the...

...men as the British were nearing, he ordered " every man to load " his piece with powder and ball. " Don't fire unless fired upon ; but if they mean to have a war, let it Ityin here!'' 1 think these significant words ought to be preserved. They were kept as the family tradition...

...men as the British were nearing, he ordered " every man to load " his piece with powder and ball. " Don't fire unless fired upon ; but if they mean to have a war, letitbegin here!" I think these significant words ought to be preserved. They were kept aa the family...

...John Parker, who commanded the militia on that famous day, and who said to the embattled farmers, " Don't fire unless fired upon. But if they mean to have a war, let it begin bete." Theodore passed many hours in the old belfry shop, fancying perhaps he heard the echoes of the...

...rung, cannons fired, etc. 1. Granite Boulder on the Common : "Line of the Minute-men, April 19, 1775. Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon; but if they mean to have war, let it begin here. — Capt. Parker" 2. Parker Monument in the Grave-yard : " To the memory of...

...where the minute-men assembled. This is what their captain said to them: " Stand your ground. Do not fire unless fired upon, but, if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." Next, we passed the well by the roadside where James Hayward met a British soldier, who, raising his...

...addressed on that spot by Captain John Parker to his men, while waiting the approach of the enemy: "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon....But if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." At the opposite side of this end of the Common stands the monument erected to the memory of those who...

...the direction of the line. Underneath are inscribed the words used by Captain Parker to his men : " Stand your ground ; don't fire unless fired upon ;...but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." This command is found in a letter of Rev. Theodore Parker, Capt. Parker's grandson (See p. J5), to...

...where the minute-men assembled. This in what their captain said to them : " Stand your ground. Do not fire unless fired upon, but, if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." Next, we passed the well by the roadside where James Hayward met a British soldier, who, raising his...

...Lexington, in 1775. This was the order which he gave as the nine hundred British soldiers drew near : " Don't fire unless fired upon ; but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." It did begin there, and Captain Parker took from a grenadier of the forty-third regiment the first...