Today marks the 235th anniversary of the first day of the American Revolutionary war. In 1775 the American Colonists, or the Minutemen, and the British army stood across from one another on the Lexington Green. It has been said that both armies were told to hold their fire until fired upon. As the sun rose on the Lexington Green a shot was fired, known now as the "Shot heard 'round the world".
Just a reminder of the beginnings of the U.S.A..
April 19th also is marks the anniversary of the following.
1861 Baltimore riot of the American Civil War.
1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ends
1989 A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.
1993 The 51 day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco ends with fire, 81 die.
1995 Oklahoma City Federal building is bombed killing 168
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Of course, thanks to Ralph Waldo Emerson, most people think that it was not in Lexington, but instead in Concord.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord_Hymn)
At one of the schools I worked at, the history teacher on my team was going over the revolutionary war. When she mentioned Concord and the shot, I went ballistic (in a joking, sarcastic kind of way). The rest of the time we worked together, she would make sure the kids mentioned Concord to me whenever they were going over that part of our history.
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