after the famous “Midnight Ride” by Paul Revere warned the populace that the British were coming, colonists in Concord, Massachusetts, responding to British shots fired earlier at Lexington ...

Like all legendary events, Paul Revere’s ride and the battles of Lexington and Concord have been encrusted with myth: It’s almost certainly not the case that Revere yelled, “The British are ...

That line became famous, and with it came the implication — intentional or not — that Concord was the site of the first shot fired in the war. “The first shots were fired in Lexington.

After shots were fired in Lexington ... the Concord Museum, throngs of visitors strolled through exhibits honoring the day, one which included the original lantern from Paul Revere’s famous ...

From the bravery of the Massachusetts Minutemen to the famous midnight ride of Paul ... The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the very first battles of the war, with the first shot often ...