Both the house and Meriam's Corner are part of the Minute Man National Historic Park.

[1] In the early afternoon of April 19, 1775, it was the site of the first offensive between the British regulars, who were retreating from Concord to Boston,[2] and the colonial militia.

Another stone marker, installed in 1885 in the wall at the apex of the corner, reads: Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, concerned about the safety of his men, sent flankers to follow a ridge and protect his forces from the roughly one thousand colonials now in the field as the British marched east out of Concord.

To cross the bridge, the British had to pull the flankers back into the main column and close ranks to a mere three soldiers abreast.

Colonial militia companies arriving from the north and east had converged at this point and presented a clear numerical advantage over the regulars.