Concord hymn essay

Brandon Hanson 1/27/14 Over history; countless forms of film, television, and literature have been based off of real events that have happened, previous to the adaptation. Some recreations of existent happenings can be on point to the event itself. On the other hand, the remake can be completely different and have little to no similarities to the original source material. Adaptations can be seen all over movies and television today. Lincoln, Schindler’s List, Apollo 13, Braveheart, Pocahontas, Amistad, Miracle, The Rookie, JFK, Titanic, Troy, 127 Hours, the Fighter, Invictus, the Kings Speech, the Social Network, Moneyball, Argo, Saving Mr. Banks, and Jobs are only a few titles in the library of adaptations made today. Although there are many remakes are in the modern day, there are many recreations from long ago as well. An often mentioned early American literary adaptation; possibly one of the most famous in history, is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s groundbreaking poem, “Concord Hymn”. Emerson’s poem is based upon the famous Battle of Concord, Massachusetts in 1775. Although based upon an important event, how accurate is “Concord Hymn” to the actual battle? The answer to that is no, in fact there are some huge dissimilarities between Emerson’s work and the Battle of Concord.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the very first battles of the American Revolution. About 700 British Army regulars, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, were given secret orders to capture and destroy military supplies that were reportedly stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. The 500 American militiamen, was combined of ordinary people with firearms, from quite young to very old. The numbers were uneven and the militia knew that the battle would not be won, so they fled Lexington and proceeded to Concord. At the