Lexington & Concord

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought on April 19, 1775 near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between Great Britain and thirteen of its colonies on the mainland of British America. About 700 …

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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought on April 19, 1775 near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between Great Britain and thirteen of its colonies on the mainland of British America. About 700 British Army regulars in Boston, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, were given secret orders to destroy rebel supplies reportedly at Concord. Patriot colonials had received word weeks before the expedition that their supplies might be at risk and had moved most of them to other locations.

Concord, Massachusetts

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. They marked the outbreak of armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in America.

Wikipedia: Battles of Lexington and Concord

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