Rev250-009 Lexington and Concord

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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This week, we remember the 250th Anniversary of the beginning of the Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775. For more details check out these episodes of the podcast: 053 Paul Revere’s Ride https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/07/episode-053-paul-revere-rides.html 054 British Advance on Lexington and Concord https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/07/episode-054-british-advance-on.html 055 British Retreat from Lexington and Concord https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/07/episode-055-british-retreat-from.html 056 The Shot Heard 'Round the World https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/08/episode-056-shot-heard-round-world.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.6	Hello, and thanks for joining Revolution 250, where we look at events that took place 250 years ago this week.
0:12.7	This is from the American Revolution podcast, just a short bonus episode, to remind you about important anniversaries from the Revolutionary War. This week, we
0:22.9	remember the battles that started the war, Lexington and Concord, April 19th, 1775.
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0:57.0	Shopify.com slash setup. On April 14th, 1775, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage had received orders from London
1:07.0	telling him to act decisively. He decided to conduct a raid to retrieve cannons being stored in Concord, about 20 miles from London telling him to act decisively. He decided to conduct a raid to retrieve cannons being
1:12.5	stored in Concord, about 20 miles from Boston. The regulars could march there and back in one long
1:18.7	day, meaning that they would not have to camp outside of Boston. The Patriots were aware something
1:24.3	was going to happen. Getting an army ready for such a march was
1:27.8	not something that could be kept secret. The purpose of the raid, however, could be kept confidential.
1:33.5	Joseph Warren and others worked to find out the purpose and to activate the warning system that they had
1:39.0	developed. Late on April 18th, Warren had William Dawes ride out to Lexington to warn John Hancock and
1:47.0	Samuel Adams that the regulars might be coming for them. After dark, Warren had Paul Revere row a boat
1:53.9	over to Charleston and make a similar ride. The British had sent out horsemen to detain anyone
1:59.6	out riding overnight in order to prevent such messages from getting through.
2:04.6	Revere reported having to go out of his way to avoid many such encounters.
2:09.0	He made it to Lexington, hours before dawn, having alerted local militia along the way.
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