Published Oct 17th, 2020, 10/17/20 1:42 pm
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Colonial Minuteman of Massachusetts
Word spread from town to town, and militias prepared to confront the British and help their neighbors in Lexington and Concord.
These colonial militias had originally been organized to defend settlers from civil unrest and attacks by French or Native Americans. Selected members of the militia were called minutemen because they could be ready to fight in a minute's time.
Sure enough, when the advance guard of nearly 240 British soldiers arrived in Lexington, they found about 70 minutemen formed on the Lexington Green awaiting them. Both sides eyed each other warily, not knowing what to expect. Suddenly, a bullet buzzed through the morning air.
It was "the shot heard round the world."
Word spread from town to town, and militias prepared to confront the British and help their neighbors in Lexington and Concord.
These colonial militias had originally been organized to defend settlers from civil unrest and attacks by French or Native Americans. Selected members of the militia were called minutemen because they could be ready to fight in a minute's time.
Sure enough, when the advance guard of nearly 240 British soldiers arrived in Lexington, they found about 70 minutemen formed on the Lexington Green awaiting them. Both sides eyed each other warily, not knowing what to expect. Suddenly, a bullet buzzed through the morning air.
It was "the shot heard round the world."
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