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April 19, 1775: Raid to seize patriots’ guns led to ‘the shot heard round the world’

By Editor One on April 17, 2026 Columnists, COMMENTARY, Exclusives, LIFE, Top Stories

Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Federer, April 18, 2026 In April of 1775, the British Royal Military Governor of Massachusetts, General Thomas Gage, sent 800 British Army Regulars, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, on a preemptive raid to seize guns from American patriots at Lexington and Concord. George Mason of Virginia stated: […]

April 19, 1775: Raid to seize patriots’ guns led to ‘the shot heard round the world’

By Editor One on April 19, 2022 COMMENTARY, Exclusives, LIFE, Rest of The Best, Top Stories, U.S., U.S. Culture

Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Federer, April 19, 2022 In April of 1775, the British Royal Military Governor of Massachusetts, General Thomas Gage, sent 800 British Army Regulars, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, on a preemptive raid to seize guns from American patriots at Lexington and Concord. George Mason of Virginia stated: […]