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Battle of Lexington Not Concord Start of Revolution Debate
A long explainer recalling why April 19 is linked to Lexington and not Concord, noting Concord’s raid as the target and Lexington’s roads as the detour. It covers Minute Men, the birth of the term, Concord’s muster rolls, and early provincial congress actions shaping the war surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington-Concord Bridge
Lexington
Concord Bridge
Concord
Gage
Cambridge
Menotomy
Thither
Stoay
Boston
Charles Miles
North Bridge
Ume
Thae
General Gage
Province of
Massachusetts
General Court
Worcester
Congress
Minute Men
George the Third
Salem
Guage
John Hancock
Benjamin Lincoln
Faneuil Hall
New York Sun
Fan‘uil Hall
New England
Massachusetts Historical Society
Lord Howe
General Howe
General Burgoyne
Faneuilhall
Howe-Burgoyne Stock Company
Samuel Adams
Revere
Charlestown
Old North
Lexington Bridge
Pitcairn
Hawaii
Philippines
Alaska
Paul Revere
Joseph Warren
Bunker Hill