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The battles were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County in the colonial-era Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge. They marked the outbreak of armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Patriot militias from America's Thirteen Colonies.
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
On April 21, 1775, two days after the Battles of Lexington and Concord (and well before news of those events reached Virginia), Lord Dunmore ordered the removal of the gunpowder from the magazine in Williamsburg, Virginia, to a Royal Navy ship. This action sparked local unrest, and militia companies began mustering throughout the colony.
April 19 – Isaac Davis, American gunsmith and militia officer (b. 1745) April 24 – Jan Caspar Philips, engraver from the Northern Netherlands (b. 1690) April 26 – Josiah Quincy II, American lawyer (b. 1744) April 27 – Peter Boehler, Moravian missionary (b. 1712) April 30. Francesco Barsanti, Italian flautist, oboist and composer (b. 1690)
Ultimately, the bloodiest fighting of the first day of the American Revolution took place at a single house as the British cleared a path for their retreat. [3] Of the 25 militia men killed in Menotomy, 10 were found dead afterward in the Jason Russell House , while a total of 21 were killed in the house or on the grounds, as noted on that page.
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.
Well, this day is incredibly significant in American history, as it marks the day the United States officially became its own nation. The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4th, 1776 ...
The Battle of Gloucester was a skirmish fought early in the American Revolutionary War at Gloucester, Massachusetts on August 8 or 9, 1775. [1] Royal Navy Captain John Linzee, [4] commanding the sloop-of-war HMS Falcon, spotted two schooners that were returning from the West Indies. After capturing one schooner, Linzee chased the second one ...