Commentary
On the morning of April 19, 1775, British troops marched into Lexington, Massachusetts, on their way to confiscate weapons in the nearby town of Concord and to apprehend the colonial firebrands Samuel Adams and John Hancock. When a shot was fired—no one knows by whom—a skirmish erupted. As the smoke cleared, eight American patriots were dead. The American Revolution had begun. It was 250 years ago.
