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Overview – Counting on surprise, the British marched confidently to Concord on April 19, 1775, to confiscate a cache of rebel arms. But they were preceded on this road by riders warning of their approach--including Paul Revere, who was captured by a British scouting party near the town line. Hours later, the Redcoats were in a desperate retreat along the same route, harassed by swelling numbers of colonists who sniped at the soldiers from behind stone walls and trees. – – The Experience – Now it's commuters who make the daily round-trip along the Battle Road, but…