On the night of April 18, 1775, Lt. Col. Francis Smith marched about 700 British Regulars out of Boston to seize powder and supplies at Concord. Riders like Paul Revere and others woke the towns. At Lexington, Capt. John Parker called out his militia of farmers, mechanics, and kin, a made-up army. Most wore what they owned.
By dawn some 70 or so men stood on the triangular Green. What happened there would change world history...


