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Battles of Lexington and Concord: Media
United States history
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What really happened on Paul Revere's midnight ride?
He did not say “The British are coming.”
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
This map depicts significant events around Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts,...
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Battle of Lexington
Colonists fighting British soldiers in Lexington, Massachusetts, April 19, 1775;...
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Paul Revere's ride
Paul Revere riding on the night of April 18, 1775, to warn Boston-area residents...
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Battle of Lexington
A line of minutemen being fired upon by British troops during the Battle of Lexington...
© 1903 John H. Daniels & Son, Boston/ Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (pga-00995)
Sounding the alarm
Paul Revere, during his dramatic horseback ride from Boston to Lexington, Massachuetts,...
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Interactives
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