April 19, 1775: The first shots are fired on Lexington Green

April 19, 1775: The first shots are fired on Lexington Green

Part III: ‘The shot heard round the world,’ 250 years on by WorldTribune Staff, April 15, 2025 Real World News On April 18, 1775, the British Military Governor of Massachusetts, Gen. Thomas Gage, sent 800 British Army Regulars on a secret, preemptive raid to seize guns and ammunition from American patriots at Lexington and Concord. As […]

As British forces headed towards Concord, Lexington’s militia gathered on the village green

As British forces headed towards Concord, Lexington’s militia gathered on the village green

Part II: ‘The shot heard round the world,’ 250 years on by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2025 Real World News On April 18, 1775, the British Military Governor of Massachusetts, Gen. Thomas Gage, sent 800 British Army Regulars on a secret, preemptive raid to seize guns and ammunition from American patriots at Lexington and Concord. As […]

April 18, 1775: Human intelligence alerted American patriots of raid to seize their guns

April 18, 1775: Human intelligence alerted American patriots of raid to seize their guns

‘The shot heard round the world,’ 250 years on: Part I by WorldTribune Staff, April 12, 2025 Real World News In April of 1775, the British Military Governor of Massachusetts, Gen. Thomas Gage, sent 800 British Army Regulars on a secret, preemptive raid to seize guns and ammunition from American patriots at Lexington and Concord. […]