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The Conflict Ignites - The Battle of Lexington and Concord In-Person
Join us in celebrating the 250th anniversary of America's founding with a captivating presentation on the dawn of the Revolutionary War. The American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson called it “the shot heard around the world” when a British raiding party went into the Massachusetts interior to seize stockpiled guns and met resistance before dawn on April 19, 1775 in Lexington, Massachusetts. The colonial militia responded and the American Revolution had begun. View slides showing the areas where the battles took place, as well as replica uniforms from both sides. Presented by Michael Jesberger, an independent military historian who specializes in the American Revolution and Civil War time periods. Sponsored by the Friends of the Ewing Library.