The Battle of Lexington
The Battle of Lexington took place in the early morning hours of April 19, 1775. Click on the people listed below to learn more about what people who were there said happened. See if you can figure out for yourself who fired that first shot, "The Shot Heard 'Round the World."
Lexington Common, 2007
Primary Sources who saw what happened that day:
More about Paul Revere:
Read Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem about Paul Revere's ride, warning the Patriots of Massachusetts that the British Regulars were on their way.
Check out this interactive map of Paul Revere's ride to warn Patriots.
Images of the Battle of Lexington:
Here's what the battle looked like, according to Amos Doolittle, who came to Lexington shortly after the battle and sketched what he saw and heard from the residents who had been there.
Here's another artist's version of the battle, painted more than one hundered years after the battle.
Historian in Residence © 2007 Mary Anne Christy |