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There is only one road in, and that's the Bay Road.

So they knew which way they were going.

And again, everybody knew what the destination was.

It was Concord.

It was those supplies.

As I said, Samuel Prescott had alarmed the towns around here, and they set off immediately. So they're

gathering in Concord on the Concord Common, which is the usual place of parade for the militia.

That's where they would train. So they're gathering there about three o'clock in the morning. Hello and welcome to episode 409 of Ben Franklin's World, the podcast dedicated to helping you

learn more about how the people and events of our early American past have shaped the present-day world we live in.

And I'm your host, Liz Covert.

April 19, 2025, marked the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord.

That moment that turned the American Revolution from a protest to a war.

But what do we really know about that faithful day? How did the people of Concord

prepare for what they faced in April 1775? David Wood, the longtime curator at the Concord

Museum, and author of the book, I Witness to Revolution, the American Revolution in the Concord Museum,

joins us to explore answers to those questions. During our

exploration, David reveals how the people have Concord prepared quietly and carefully for war

months before April 1775, why the British Army marched on Concord on April 191775, and the

resistance it met with at Lexington and Concord,

and the significance of the material culture, like a lantern from the Old North Church,

preserved in the Concord Museum's vast April 19 collection.

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