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National Guard units trace history to battles of Lexington, Concord
The actions of future Army National Guard units at North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts, April 19, 1775, shaped the course of ...
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Billerica reenactment depicts militia’s march to Concord as 250th celebration begins
In the hours after Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride April 18 and 19, 1775, the word rapidly spread throughout the colony ...
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The Minute Men
The American militias established in the colony of Massachusetts were based on an English militia model. Every man over age sixteen was required to join and bring his own weapon to the mandatory ...
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In Massachusetts, communities re-enact the battles that sparked the Revolutionary War
In Massachusetts, Revolutionary War reenactors gathered on the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the War for Independence.