250th Anniversary Search of the Barrett Farm (Reenactment)

After months of preparations, General Thomas Gage, commanding the British garrison in Boston initiated a plan to deprive the rebellious provincials of their means to wage war. On the night of April 18, 1775, Gage dispatched over 800 British Regulars to Concord, Massachusetts in an attempt to seize and destroy large stockpiles of military goods being collected there.??