apr 19, 1775 - Battle of Lexington and Concord
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British soldiers marched into the town of Middlesex, Massachusetts in search of weapons being stockpiled. The soldiers were met by a militia of local men. When neither side set down their weapons, an unknown shot was fired and the first battle of the Revolutionary War begun.
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