This is the semiquincentennial anniversary of the “shots heard ’round the world” at Lexington Green on 19 April 1775. Some call this civil war the Revolutionary War. It was a civil war because when the alert muster activated and Paul Revere and his fellow horsemen were warning the countryside, Revere was saying “the regulars are out” because he was British that evening in the saddle.

This extraordinary event set in train the events that finalized the Atlantic seaboard divorce from the London overlords.

I have walked this road in Massachusetts.

I published the “Three Strikes of the Match” broadcast in March 2023 (Episode 11 at the Chasing Ghosts podcast). I think it is well worth your time. Many thanks to my colleagues in the Appleseed Project where I was a ShootBoss for the marksmanship & history endeavor.

Email me at cgpodcast@pm.me.

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