Deranged Rhino Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 The war for Independence officially kicked off on this date 241 years ago... http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DC Tom Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Of course, by some standards it was merely an act of terrorism... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 The militiamen hustled to Concord’s North Bridge, which was being defended by a contingent of British soldiers. The British fired first but fell back when the colonists returned the volley. This was the “shot heard ‘round the world” later immortalized by poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. Not the shot fired on Lexington Green? Whatever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Not the shot fired on Lexington Green? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Kind of funny from the wiki page on shot heard round the world: The question of the point of origin of the Revolutionary War has been debated between the towns of Lexington and Concord and their partisans since at least 1824, when the Marquis de Lafayette was welcomed to the "irthplace of American liberty" at Lexington, then informed in Concord that it was there that the "first forcible resistance" was made. In 1875 President Grant almost avoided attending centennial celebrations in the area to evade the issue, and in 1894 Lexington petitioned the state legislature to proclaim April 19 as "Lexington Day", to which Concord objected, leading to the current name of Patriots' Day for the holiday.[1] Lafayette then visited Buffalo in June of the following year. That's the year the Erie Canal opened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 America's favorite fighting Frenchman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 America's favorite fighting Frenchman. I always thought that accolade went to this guy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 The war for Independence officially kicked off on this date 241 years ago... http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord The fight for Independence may have started on 4/19. But the following day they took a break and chilled. Among King George's "repeated injuries and usurpations" left out from earlier drafts of the Declarations of Independence was harshing the Colonists mellow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 The fight for Independence may have started on 4/19. But the following day they took a break and chilled. Among King George's "repeated injuries and usurpations" left out from earlier drafts of the Declarations of Independence was harshing the Colonists mellow Hence New Hampshire's state motto: "Live free... or wine". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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