Minuteman Statue News Today

If we ever choose a new federal holiday, it should be April 19. At sunrise on that date in 1775, the first shots of the Revolution rang out.

Captain John Parker, 46, was crippled by tuberculosis when he led 77 volunteers against 700 British regulars in the Battle of Lexington, igniting the American Revolution.

Just steps from their front doors stands the historic Minuteman Statue landmark, where the first shot rang out in the Revolutionary War.

Just steps from their front doors stands the historic Minuteman Statue landmark, where the first shot rang out in the Revolutionary War.

Just steps from their front doors stands the historic Minuteman Statue landmark, where the first shot rang out in the Revolutionary War.

Just steps from their front doors stands the historic Minuteman Statue landmark, where the first shot rang out in the Revolutionary War.

Just steps from their front doors stands the historic Minuteman Statue landmark, where the first shot rang out in the Revolutionary War.

Just steps from their front doors stands the historic Minuteman Statue landmark, where the first shot rang out in the Revolutionary War.

Just steps from their front doors stands the historic Minuteman Statue landmark, where the first shot rang out in the Revolutionary War.

This is the largest annual Westport event featuring heavy vehicular and pedestrian traffic affecting all roads south of Greens Farms Road between Compo Road South and Hillspoint Road.