The Lexington Green is today surrounded by constant traffic, though many of the buildings bordering it were also there on the morning of April 19, 1775. The immediate surroundings around North Bridge in Concord remain more bucolic; the reconstructed bridge over the peaceful river, the site where the British took their first casualties of the day, the adjoining meadows still intact.
This link takes you to my 22 previous posts on the war and the entire Revolutionary Era (1765-1789), the starting point for our grand national experiment.
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