A unique introduction to the American Revolution by historian Jack Darrell Crowder, "The First 24 Hours of the American Revolution" is an hour-by-hour descriptive account of the battles of
Lexington and Concord, as well as the British retreat on Battle Road.
It kicked off for real two years on, when British Redcoats marched inland to
Lexington and Concord, trying to find arms being stockpiled for use against 'the oppressor.' The Redcoats were partially successful, but were ultimately harried and humiliated as they retreated back to Boston.
Lexington and Concord: The Battle Heard Round the World.
This book for general readers and others details the Battle of
Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts at the start of the American Revolution.
But this Monday in Massachusetts is also Patriot's Day, when we pause to remember the start of the American Revolution with the battles of
Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.
Emerson wrote Concord Hymn in 1836, for the dedication of a monument commemorating the Battle of
Lexington and Concord. Readers who feel the moving power and sentiment of his words should appreciate the blood connection Emerson felt with that hallowed ground: his grandfather was a Minuteman who fought at both
Lexington and Concord that day.
Patriots' Day celebrates the anniversary of the Battles of
Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War.
1768" (1774), Henry Pelham's "The Fruits of Arbitrary Power, or The Bloody Massacre" (1770), and Amos Doolittle's engravings of the battles of
Lexington and Concord (1775).
The story of the American Revolution is usually built around
Lexington and Concord, around the battles and the Founding Fathers.
Narrator A: The first shots of the Revolution are fired at
Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, in April 1775.