Vintage recording details an eyewitness account of Lexington, Concord battles

Commentary: Lexington and Concord at 250

by William Anthony Hay   This April marks the 250th anniversary of the famous shots fired at Concord, Massachusetts, that set off the American Revolution. Captain Levi Preston, who fought there, later captured the principles at stake during an interview decades later in 1843. When pressed on various grievances, he replied, “Young man, what we meant in going for those redcoats was this: we had governed ourselves, and we always meant to. They didn…

Vintage recording details an eyewitness account of Lexington, Concord battles

In the 1950 recording, preserved by GBH Archives, a Waltham doctor recalled his great-grandmother’s childhood account of the chaos on the first day of the Revolutionary War.

In Mass. They're Commemorating 250th Lexington, Concord Anniversary - Liberty Park Press

Image of Minuteman statue, Lexington Common, honoring the memory of the battles of Lexington and Concord, 250 years ago. (Common, Henry Hudson Kitson) By Dave Workman It was on the morning of Wednesday, April 19, 1775 when hundreds of British troops were dispatched from Boston to the villages of Lexington and Concord in an effort to seize arms and ammunition from colonial militias, which the British feared would be used in a revolution. Instead …