https://www.nps.gov/mima/learn/historyculture/april-19-1775.htm May 17, 2025 "Minute Man National Historical Park in Lexington, Lincoln, and Concord, Massachusetts, preserves and interprets the sites, structures, and landscapes that became the field of battle during the first armed conflict of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775. It was here that British colonists risked their lives and property, defending their ideals of liberty and self-determination. The events of that day have been popularized by succeeding generations as the "shot heard 'round the world." Often referred to as the "Battles of Lexington, and Concord," the fighting on April 19, 1775 raged over 16 miles along the Bay Road from Boston to Concord, and included some 1,700 British regulars and over 4,000 Colonial militia. British Casualties totaled 273; 73 Killed, 174 wounded, 26 missing. Colonial casualties totaled 95; 49 killed, 41 wounded, and 5 missing." National Park Service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDPmIIfTPAM Apr 20, 2025 Gunfire rang out on the grassy common in Lexington, a quintessential New England town, just after dawn Saturday, signaling the start of daylong commemorations of the battles that opened the American Revolution. Two hundred and fifty years to the day, tens of thousands of spectators watched reenactors replay the opening salvos in Lexington and in Concord. In a country deeply divided and increasingly angry about politics, tens of thousands of people gathered peacefully. Some wore Red Sox hats, some wore MAGA hats, but they largely left their politics at home. READ MORE: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/19/metro/lexington-concord-250th-revolutionary-waar The Boston Globe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aqzFoVQaKM Apr 18, 2025 April 19 is the 250th anniversary of the bloody British retreat from Concord to Boston. And it's serious, down-and-dirty business. Although these war games are staged every year, this milestone commemoration carries extra meaning. For Minute Men and Redcoats alike, the extended outdoor drama is a chance to blend play-acting with a deep impulse to honor the men and women who sacrificed here, real people they have read about and studied. READ MORE: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/08/metro/reenactors-250th-revolutionary-war The Boston Globe