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Cannons and muskets were fired during the dawn salute as crowds watched, many of whom arrived early in the morning to get a good spot. "I was, like, one of the first people here and there was ...
Rain showers will move northward into Southeast Michigan. Blissfield, Lambertville and Monroe will be among the first communities to see rain showers on Sunday morning. (WDIV) It's the perfect ...
Earlier in the morning, a dawn salute was held where muskets and cannons were fired. Saturday's ceremony took part midway through a parade, marking the 250 years since the battle. The Concord ...
Just after dawn on the Lexington Battle Green, militiamen, muskets in hand, took on a much larger contingent of British regulars. The battle ended with eight Americans killed and 10 wounded -- the ...
More than 50 stern-faced locals stood with muskets on Battle Green. Then a single shot rang out, just as it had from an unknown gunman in 1775. In response, about 80 British reenactors discharged ...
There was an F-15 military flyover, as well as cannon and musket salutes. Governor Maura Healey and other dignitaries spoke to mark the momentous anniversary. The parade continued across the North ...
Flash forward from 1775 to 2025, and the sounds of musket fire still loom large on the minds of many Bay Staters. On Saturday morning, thousands gathered to witness a re-enactment of the Battle of ...
Whittemore was armed with a musket, two pistols (apparently dueling pistols he had somehow acquired in his earlier military career), and a sword. When British grenadiers under Lord Percy reached his ...
LEXINGTON — Thousands of people came to this Massachusetts town Saturday just before dawn to witness the beginnings of the American Revolution. Amid a hail of gunfire, they watched as British ...
facing down professional European soldiers at the Lexington town green and at Concord’s Old North Bridge who didn’t know that their muskets’ volley would be what Emerson called the “shot ...
Patriots’ Day — a statewide holiday in Massachusetts — falls on April 21 this year, but while many businesses and services will run as usual, others at a state level will be closed or ...