A historic walk

This morning was pretty chilly (nearly 22 degrees) but that didn’t stop us from walking around in the woods. Most of the snow is gone but the trail where we walked still has some ice. We were well prepared for our walk since we brought along the cleats that Nancy gave us a while back. The cleats are great and they gave us traction as we walked on the ice (Atenas was the only one sliding but she didn’t mind).

We walked on the old railroad bed. Atenas was running around and enjoyed sniffing around all the new smells that came out since the snow melted. We walked less than a mile when the railroad bed came to an end and we decided to take a right turn. We came across the Old Manse which was built in 1770 by Rev. William Emerson. Rev. Emerson and his family witnessed the fight at the North Bridge which was the opening battle of the American Revolution. We knew we lived in a very historic place, but hadn’t realized we were SO close to where it all began!

The Old Manse:

This bridge is a recent restoration (summer 2005) of the bridge build in 1956. The 1956 bridge is the fifth bridge built there; the original “battle bridge” of 1775 was taken down in 1788.

The North Bridge:

Civil war cannons were melted to create this cast bronze sculpture: