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Was the "shot heard round the world" in Lexington or Concord? An expert says it's complicated.
Two towns in Massachusetts are fundamental to American history, but where the official first shot of the American Revolution ...
'The shot heard 'round the world' of American Revolution surrounded by controversy, intrigue: Who fired first?
It's the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and it's still not clear who fired the first shot of the ...
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Lexington and Concord at 250: Can We Still Hear the ‘Shot Heard Round the World’?
As they marched, their path dimly lit by torches, they heard the clanging of bells, the firing of alarm guns, and drums.
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“The Shot Heard Around the World” Recalling the Battle at Lexington and Concord
The State of Hawaii held an opening ceremony for the Hawaii 250th Commemoration, on the 250th Anniversary of the first battle ...
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A 250-year-old debate: Where was the ‘shot heard round the world' fired?
As the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War approaches, a familiar battle is brewing in Massachusetts. For two ...
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'Began a revolution': Lexington, Concord mark 250 years since 'shot heard round the world'
Reenactors showed thousands of people the story start of the American Revolutionary War and the "shot heard round the world" ...
The shot heard round the world
The battles, which emerged from a gathering revolutionary crisis, predicted the outcome of the war: the victory of the ...
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On the 250th anniversary of the “Shot Heard ’Round the World,” what does it mean to be a patriot?
Patriots’ Day weekend is truly one of the great New England rites of spring.  A small army of Islanders marched off to Lexington and Concord to observe the re-enactments and the parades on the 250th ...
Does the ‘shot heard ’round the world’ still echo 250 years later?
But even though I have a hard time envisioning these historic events occurring in my hometown as it is today, sometimes when ...
Lexington and Concord, 250 Years On
And fired the shot heard round the world. So goes the first stanza of a hymn written by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1837 and sung to the tune of “Old Hundredth” for the dedication of an obelisk at the site ...
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"The Shot Heard Round The World:" 250 Years Later
Even though there were dozens of critical events leading up to the shooting war that began on April 19, 1775, in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington ... the shot heard round the world.'" ...