Lexington Ride Sparks Start of Revolution
AP Bicentennial specials recount the April 1775 events that began the American Revolution. Paul Revere helped alert Lexington and Concord as British officers moved to seize arms, prompting minute men to muster and setting the stage for the clash at dawn. The alarm spread from Boston as troops ferried across the Charles River, with Gage ordering townsfolk kept in.
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Paul Revere
Lexington
Contord
Boston
Solomon Brown
Lexington Green
Brown
Concord
Munroe
Fter
Horsemun
Province House
John Ballard
William Dawes
Charles River
Hugh Earl Percy
Gomaman
Saniane
Robert Newman
Revere
Flood
Charlestown
Boston Neck
Charlestown Neck
Medford
Menotomy
Adams
Ifancock
Hevere
Parker
North Bridge
Mass
Revere Signals Ride Sparked Alarm Before Lexington
A vivid retelling of Paul Revere and others guiding colonial minutemen to Lexington and Concord. Riders Dawes and Prescott evade a British patrol, while lantern signals and the approaching column prompt chaos, captures, and a dawn engagement with casualties.
British Troops at Concord and Lexington Massacre Exhibit
The narrative recounts the march to Concord and Lexington and the ensuing firefight. Capt. Isaac Davis and Amos Hosmer die on the scene, with Pitcairn ordering dispersal and Parker urging resistance. Multiple British officers and colonial militiamen are killed amid chaotic fighting at the village green and crossroads.
Retreat of British forces at Lexington and Concord described
In a detailed account the British marching column under Col. Smith is harried by militia from Woburn and Lexington. Fresh provincial troops arrive, furnishing heavy fire and causing a rout. Parker and Lexington minutemen trap the flankers, the fighting shifts through Meade and Cambridge toward Charlestown, ending at dusk with colonial resilience and the symbolic birth of a new nation.
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Waldolin Pitcairn
Lexington
Parker
Pvt. Munroe
Col. Smith
Coum
Pitcairn
Sraith
Lexingon
Barker
Menotomy
Meaderey
Lord Percy
Cambridge
St Frederick Mackenzie
Charlestown
Minutemen
Boston
America
Seminars Focus on Cedar Rapids 1976 Bicentennial Plans
A May 8 one day seminar titled Invite the World to Visit Mid- America in 1976 will be held at the Joint County School System building in Cedar Rapids. Speakers include Robert Dillon and Murray Goodman. Over 200 delegates have been invited to align events across Linn Cedar Johnson and surrounding counties for the 1976 celebration.
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Mid- America
Robert Dillon
Murry Goodman
Des Moines
Audiey
Cedar Rapids
Marion-Linn
Joint County School System
Benton
Cedar
Iowa
Johnson
Washington
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By Don Melcod
Christchurch
Ebenezer Munroe
Dawes
Samuel Prescott
Prescott
Lindt
Reveré
Liev
Hrilish
Col
Francis Smith
Capt. Parker
Buckman
Joshua Simonds
Redcoats
William Sutherland
Americas
Smith
Gonéard River
Joseph Hosmer
Isaac Davis
Acton
Davis
Amos Hosmer
John Barker
Aind
Jenka
Robert, Munroe
Isaac Muzzy
Samuel Hadley
John Brown
Jonathan Marrington
Will Strick
Amily Shoe Store
Men's & Boys
Wellington
Hein Boutique
Siples
Wallington’s
Waffle Stompers
Civede
Leathar
Oxfords
Fiskcieupe
Alo Wilkeul
Thunday
Bam
Park & Shop
Ride & Shop
Family Store
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Cornell
Cornell College
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