America really began on Lexington Green on April 19, 1775
America really began on Lexington Green on April 19, 1775 Minutemen resisted the tyrannical impulses of a faraway, indifferent government Follow Us Question of the Day ANALYSIS/OPINION: On a cold spring morning, 246 years and a few days ago, a military force duly empowered by the rulers of the nation scoured the countryside for weapons, fully intending to seize those weapons that they believed — perhaps rightly — were going to be used in hostile activities directed at the rulers. Around 5 a.m., the military force encountered about 80 armed civilians in the ce...
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