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4 days ago · Musket Balls Fired in Early Revolutionary War Battle Unearthed in Concord. ... The events of that day, known as the Battles of Lexington and Concord, spanned 16 miles, killing 96 militiamen and ...
3 days ago · After the fighting at Lexington and Concord that began the war, rebel forces began a siege of Boston that ended when the American Gen. Henry Knox arrived with artillery captured from Fort Ticonderoga, forcing Gen. William Howe, Gage’s replacement, to evacuate Boston on March 17, 1776.
6 days ago · The town of Lexington was a small crossroads community of 750 people. The British forces were prepared to face 500 militia. At first, there was about 170 militiamen that responded to the initial call to arms.
4 days ago · The opening shots of the American Revolutionary War at the Battles of Lexington and Concord —where the Massachusetts militia known as the minutemen faced their first battle—initiated a new order in Massachusetts and its sister provinces.
4 days ago · After the Battles of Lexington and Concord in April 1775, New England American patriot militias mobilized to surround the British Army in Boston. On July 6, 1775, the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia issued A declaration by the representatives of the United Colonies of North America, now met in General Congress in Philadelphia ...
4 days ago · Share to Google Classroom Added by 60 Educators Fact #1: Minutemen vs. MilitiaThe most prevalent stories around Lexington and Concord is that of the “Minutemen.” If one visits Lexington and Concord today they will not only come across monuments to the Minutemen but also the National Park that commem...
3 days ago · The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea.
