The Road To Independence: 'The Shot Heard Around The World'

(Editor's Note: The Recorder is featuring a weekly series every Saturday over the next year on the founding of this nation leading up to the 250 th anniversary on July 4, 2026 of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The series is being provided by the Alta Mira Chapter of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution).

The Battles of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775, the first major battle of the American Revolution.

The opposing forces (British Army and Patriot militias) fought day-long running battles in the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy ( Arlington today), and Cambridge. All were to the north of Boston across the Charles River, not occupied by the British.

The British had occupied Boston in 1768, officers (uninvited) were house