On Saturday, it will be exactly 250 years since a ragtag militia of earnest colonists stood on the Lexington green and faced six companies of British regulars.
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Under the command of John Parker, a veteran of the French and Indian wars and a respected townsman, the small group of patriots had been mustered early in the morning after being warned by Paul Revere and William Dawes that the King’s soldiers were on their way from Boston.
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The Redcoats were under the command of an officer who was contemptuous of Americans. If any other British officer besides Major John Pitcairn had been in command, the rest of the day may not have resulted in so much blood being spilled.
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