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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 ...
The Bulwark12d
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.
United States Army11d
“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 ...
Massachusetts reenactors remember 'shot heard 'round the world' with events in Lexington, Concord
Reenactments, parades and other festivities in two Massachusetts communities mark 250 years since the "shot heard 'round the ...
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 ...
Wicked Local11d
'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" ...
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 ...
Richmond Times-Dispatch12dOpinion
Commentary: The lingering myths of Paul Revere and the 'shot heard round the world'
Another myth is the claim that Revere shouted along the way, “the British are coming!” That shout did not appear in history ...
The Martha's Vineyard Times6d
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 ...
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 ...