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The towns of Concord and Lexington, Massachusetts, are the site of Minute Man National Historical Park, a park governed by the National Park Service. [1] The most highly attended event in the park is the annual reenactment of the first shots of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, [2] performed by the Lexington Minute Men Company and His Majesty's Tenth Regiment of Foot.
The Lexington–Concord commemorative stamps were the first of many commemoratives issued to honor the 150th anniversaries of events that surrounded America's War of Independence. The three stamps were first placed on sale in Washington, D.C., and in five Massachusetts cities and towns that played major roles in the Lexington and Concord story ...
The North Bridge, often colloquially called the Old North Bridge, is a historic site in Concord, Massachusetts, spanning the Concord River.On April 19, 1775, the first day of the American Revolutionary War, provincial minutemen and militia companies numbering approximately 400 engaged roughly 90 British Army troops at this location.
Patriots' Grave in the Old Burying Ground cemetery, Arlington, Massachusetts Patriots' Day (Patriot's Day in Maine) [1] is an annual event, formalized as a legal holiday or a special observance day in six U.S. states, commemorating the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy, the inaugural battles of the American Revolutionary War.
On April 18, 1775, one day before the outbreak of the battle, Munroe Tavern was a meeting spot for colonials, owned by William Munroe, orderly sergeant of Captain John Parker's militia company, and proprietor of the tavern until 1827. At 6:30 p.m. that evening, Solomon Brown of Lexington, who had gone to the market in Boston, returned and ...
Parts of Anna Maria Island were hit hard by Hurricane Milton. A landmark restaurant, the Rod and Reel Pier, was destroyed by the storm. The popular seafood restaurant opened in 1947 on the island ...
An Anna Maria Island landmark hanging by a thread after September’s Hurricane Helene is now gone after Milton slammed into Siesta Key Wednesday night. Hurricane Milton, which made landfall as a ...
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