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The Lexington Battle and the Birth of American Liberty
A vivid retelling of the Lexington Green clash with British troops led by Pitcairn. Militiamen faced superior force as Parker ordered dispersion, seven killed and nine wounded. Adams and Hancock urged to safety as the town mourned and honored its fallen heroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
George Bancroft
New York Historical Society
Battle of
Bancroft
Congress of
Massachusetts
Gage
Concord
Samuel Adams
Hancock
Philadelphia
Warren
Committee of Safety
Cambridge
Light Infantry
Boston
Smith
East Cambridge
West Cambridge
Lord Percy
William Dawes
Roxbury
Paul Revere
Charleston
Revere
Somerset
Charleston Neck
Medford
Adams
Dawes
Samuel Prescott
Liberty
Lincoln
Daws
Prescott
Meeting House
William Emerson
Acton
Jonas Clark
Lexington Common
John Parker
Woburn
Pitcairn
Parker
Tenth Light Infantry
Jonas Parker
Isaac Mozzy
Munroe
Louisburg
Jonathan Harrington
Caleb Harrington
Samuel Hadley
John Brown
Asabel Porter
England
Martin Luther
Saul of
Tarsus
Augustine
Calvin
New England
Columbus