Statue of Capt.
John Parker
Lexington Minuteman
Lexington Battlegreen

On the morning of April 19th, 1775 seventy-seven farmers and tradesmen banded together in the Lexington militia to try and prevent a British force of 700 light infantry from destroying a supply of arms in Concord. Captain John Parker - whose statue is shown above - was quoted as saying "Stand your ground; don't fire unless fired upon; but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here."
Then a shot of unknown origin rang out in Lexington and the British fired a return volley killing eight Americans and wounding ten. The War of Independence had started with the first battle of the American Revolution.

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