Lexington and Concord: The Revolutionary War Begins
American minutemen confronted British regulars at Lexington Green and Concord Bridge in the opening engagements of the Radical War. The "shot heard round the world" killed eight colonists at Lexington, but the militia's fierce counterattack along the road back to Boston inflicted 273 British casualties, proving the rebellion was real.
April 19, 1775
251 years ago
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