As the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War approaches, Lexington and Concord remain in dispute
A dispute that’s been going on for centuries has heated up again as the neighboring towns plan competing celebrations to mark ...
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April 19: How It Began and Ended
Eight Americans fell dead. After the confrontation with a local militia at Lexington Green, the British regulars continued their march on Concord. Captain John Parker's Lexington Training Band ...
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'Say you want a revolution?': 250 years ago, 'The shot heard around the world' rang out
It was the events on April 19, 1775, celebrated annually as Patriot's Day in Massachusetts, that gave the colonists their ...
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The Doctors
The defense of Concord can be attributed to Joseph Warren. Dr. Warren led the patriots in Samuel Adams's absence, and when he heard rumors of the British march planned for April 19, 1775 ...
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Rhode Islanders didn’t just burn the Gaspee, they torched British tea weeks before the American Revolution began
Occurring on March 2, 1775 — 48 days before the first shots rang out at Lexington and Concord — Rhode Islanders set British property ablaze for a second time. The British Parliament had ...
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As the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War approaches, Lexington and Concord remain in dispute
LEXINGTON — On April 19, 1775, the Revolutionary War began. On April 20, 1775, Concord and Lexington began fighting over where exactly that war began. Now, with the 250th anniversary approaching ...