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The Lexington Battle Green, also known as Lexington Common, is the historic town common of Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. It was at this site that the opening shots of the Battles of Lexington and Concord were fired on April 19, 1775, starting the American Revolutionary War. Now a public park, the common is a National Historic Landmark.
The first statue in Washington, D.C., honoring Revolutionary War heroes was the equestrian statue of President and General George Washington. It was installed in 1860. It was installed in 1860. The remaining statues were erected from 1878 to 1948. with most being installed in the early 20th-century.
A Single Blow: The Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Beginning of the American Revolution, April 19, 1775. Emerging Revolutionary War Series. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2018. ISBN 978-1-61121-379-9.
Military monuments and memorials associated with the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The United States dedicated its memorial to an unknown soldier of that war at Arlington National Cemetery on November 11, 1921. The sarcophagus-style monument that now sits atop the burial vault of the Tomb of the Unknowns was added in 1932. The 1920s also witnessed a surge of interest in honoring and preserving the nation's colonial heritage.
Captain Nathan Hale is a bronze statue of Nathan Hale (1755–1776), a schoolteacher from Connecticut, who enlisted in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was stationed in Boston, but was later transferred to the New York City area. While in New York, Hale acted as a spy against the Kingdom of Great Britain's army. He ...
He also was a American Revolutionary War veteran. He died in 1806, shortly after his namesake county was formed. ... which set all Confederate states’ slaves free on January 1, 1863 at the ...
Minute Man National Historical Park commemorates the opening battle in the American Revolutionary War. It also includes the Wayside , home in turn to three noted American authors. The National Historical Park is under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service and protects 970 acres (392.5 ha) in and around the Massachusetts towns of ...