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The Battles of Lexington and Concord |
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It was the early morning of April 19, 1775, around 5:00 AM, after Paul Revere’s Ride the night before on April 18, 1775. Some seven hundred British troops marched into the Massachusetts town of Lexington to find themselves confronted by more than seventy militia on the town green. No one knows who fired the first shots, but when the smoke cleared, eight of the militiamen were dead while only one of the Redcoats had been wounded. The British continued on to Concord to search for weapons and other munitions, most of which had already been relocated. When the British burned the munitions they had found, the colonists thought they were torching the town and the militiamen moved to confront the British troops. The Redcoats fired first, but when the militiamen returned fire, they fell back and prepared to return to Boston. By that time, around two thousand militiamen had arrived with even more coming. As the British continued their retreat to Boston, the militiamen continued their harassment, firing on the Redcoats from behind trees, rocks, stone walls, and buildings, until the British reached safety. By the summer of 1775, a full-scale war was underway leading to the creation and independence of the United States of America. Click the following links to read more about The Battles of Lexington and Concord: American Battlefield Trust: Lexington and Concord Wikipedia: Battles of Lexington and Concord History: Battles of Lexington and Concord New World Encyclopedia: Battles of Lexington and Concord American Battlefield Trust: Ten Facts: The Battles of Lexington and Concord |
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