Qualla: Lexington and Concord: Where the Shot Heard Round the World Was Fired https://qualla.com/concord-lexington-shot en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:06 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/r/t/3/concord-lexington-shot-wk/hero-small.webp Qualla: Lexington and Concord: Where the Shot Heard Round the World Was Fired https://qualla.com/concord-lexington-shot Lexington and Concord: Where the Shot Heard Round the World Was Fired: Introduction https://qualla.com/concord-lexington-shot/ Photo credit John Phelan, CC BY 3.0. Nobody knows who fired first. On the morning of April 19, 1775, approximately seventy militiamen assembled on Lexington Green to face 700 British regulars marching to seize colonial weapons stored in Concord. The British commander ordered the colonists to disperse; as they began to comply, a shot rang out. Who fired it became immediately contested and remains unknown. But the volley that followed killed eight militiamen and wounded ten. The British marched on to Concord, found few weapons, and at the North Bridge faced organized resistance: 'the shot heard round the world,' in Emerson's phrase. The running battle back to Boston left nearly 300 British casualties. The war that would create a nation had begun.

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/r/t/3/concord-lexington-shot-wk/drt3-lexington-and-concord-where-the-shot-heard-round-t-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Lexington and Concord: Where the Shot Heard Round the World Was Fired: The Night https://qualla.com/concord-lexington-shot/ Photo credit John Phelan, CC BY 3.0. Paul Revere rode from Boston on the night of April 18, warning that British troops were crossing the Charles River. William Dawes took a different route; Samuel Prescott joined them. Revere was captured before reaching Concord, but the warning spread: the regulars were coming to ...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/r/t/3/concord-lexington-shot-wk/drt3-lexington-and-concord-where-the-shot-heard-round-t-the-night.mp3 0:06 2 full Lexington and Concord: Where the Shot Heard Round the World Was Fired: The Green https://qualla.com/concord-lexington-shot/ Photo credit John Phelan, CC BY 3.0. Captain John Parker commanded the Lexington militia - seventy-seven men, some of them old, some of them boys. The British column outnumbered them ten to one. Parker told his men: 'Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon. But if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.'...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/r/t/3/concord-lexington-shot-wk/drt3-lexington-and-concord-where-the-shot-heard-round-t-the-green.mp3 0:06 3 full Lexington and Concord: Where the Shot Heard Round the World Was Fired: The Bridge https://qualla.com/concord-lexington-shot/ Photo credit John Phelan, CC BY 3.0. At Concord, the British found little of the arms they sought - the colonists had moved most of them. At the North Bridge, approximately 400 militiamen from Concord and surrounding towns faced a smaller British detachment. When the British fired warning shots that killed two colon...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/r/t/3/concord-lexington-shot-wk/drt3-lexington-and-concord-where-the-shot-heard-round-t-the-bridge.mp3 0:06 4 full Lexington and Concord: Where the Shot Heard Round the World Was Fired: The Battle Road https://qualla.com/concord-lexington-shot/ Photo credit John Phelan, CC BY 3.0. The British retreat became a running battle. From Concord to Boston, colonists fired from behind walls, trees, and buildings. The disciplined regulars, trained for European-style warfare, faced guerrilla tactics for which they had no answer. Only reinforcements at Lexington preve...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/r/t/3/concord-lexington-shot-wk/drt3-lexington-and-concord-where-the-shot-heard-round-t-the-battle-road.mp3 0:06 5 full Lexington and Concord: Where the Shot Heard Round the World Was Fired: Visiting Lexington and Concord https://qualla.com/concord-lexington-shot/ Photo credit Jonathunder, Public domain. Minute Man National Historical Park preserves the Battle Road between Lexington and Concord, accessible from Boston via Route 2. The Minute Man Visitor Center provides orientation and a multimedia presentation. Lexington Green, in the town center, is separate from the park; the H...

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