Some began to descend on Lexington's Battle Green as early as 4 a.m. on ... He then quoted the inscription of the monument, "Sacred to Liberty & the Rights of mankind!!! The Freedom & Independence ...

The first battle of the American Revolution was marked on Saturday in Lexington, Massachusetts, 250 years later, with a reenactment and a parade, along with other events. Many spectators arrived ...

Before dawn on Saturday, the Lexington Minute Men acted out the infamous battle on the Lexington Battle Green. The action began around 4 a.m., as reenactors — including the militia men and the ...

A few minutes later, a group of children perched in a tree above our heads alert us to the imminent arrival of the British ...

The poem was created for the dedication of the battle monument at Concord's North Bridge ... shot" had already occurred some hours earlier at Lexington Green. In both locations, the word "battle ...

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Before dawn on April 19, crowds gathered at ...

Sabrina Bhattacharjya, 15, at the women’s monument “Something Is Being ... by By Dan Barry About 242 years after the Battle of Lexington sparked the Revolutionary War, a resident of the ...

These words, immortalized in stone on the Battle Line Boulder monument on Lexington Green, come not from Parker himself but a recollection of William Munroe nearly 50 years after the event.

LEXINGTON — Thousands of people came to this Massachusetts town Saturday just before dawn to witness the beginnings of the American Revolution. Amid a hail of gunfire, they watched as British ...

Day Site Address Website Synopsis Day 1 – Lexington Lexington Battle Green 1625 Massachusetts ... Day 1 – Concord The Old Manse 269 Monument St, Concord, MA Visit Site Home of patriot minister ...

Cheering crowds lined the streets in Monument Square as Concord’s parade kicked ... we stand up for what we believe in and democracy.” Neighboring Lexington marked the first battle of the American ...

The Battles of Lexington and Concord ... The schoolhouse stood at the site of the Revolutionary War monument on the Common for the next 47 years. In 1761, the schoolhouse was replaced by a ...