Heather Cox Richardson and 250 to 250: Battles of Lexington and Concord, Narrated by Governor Maura Healey
Maura Healey is the 73rd Governor of Massachusetts, the state’s first woman and first openly LGBTQ person elected to the position. Governor Healy recounts the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the opening salvos of the Revolutionary War.
On April 19, 1775, British soldiers marched to Lexington.
- They wanted to take weapons stored by the colonists.
- Before the soldiers arrived, riders warned the colonists.
- Colonists in Lexington learned that the British were coming.
- Local militia members gathered on the town green.
- A British officer told the militia to leave.
- As the groups faced each other, a shot was fired.
- British soldiers opened fire.
- Eight colonists were killed and twelve were wounded.
- About 400 militia members were waiting there.
- Fighting began at the Old North Bridge.
- These battles were the start of the American Revolutionary War.
- Later, Ralph Waldo Emerson called the first shot "the shot heard round the world."
- The battles at Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of America's fight for independence.
POP Interview and Civics Quiz:
- N-400 Part 9:8.b. Have you EVER served in, been a member of, assisted (helped), or participated in any armed group (a group that carries weapons), for example:
- paramilitary unit (a group of people who act like a military group but are not part of the official military)
- self-defense unit
- vigilante unit
- rebel group
- or guerrilla group?
- USCIS 100:61. Why did the colonists fight the British?
- USCIS 128:76. What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?
Family Fun:
- America 250 in Idaho: One if by Land, Two if by Sea coloring page
- Jones 4567: Paul Revere coloring page
- Smithsonian Postal Museum: Battles of Lexington and Concord; Sybil Ludington
- Print Coloring Sheet: Paul Revere coloring page
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