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As a nation marks 250 years since Fighting lexington and concord, which ignited the American Revolution, one secret refuses to die.
Who fired at the first shot?
It is called “a shot, heard” around the world, but when it comes to the one who pressed the trigger, the truth remains muddy. What we know is someone shot from the musket.
The musket cracked through the morning silence of April 19, 1775. If the smoke is cleared, Eight US police officers There were dead and the world would never be like that.
This picture lit a fuse for the war that would rearrange the story.
Although it is often displayed, including in a recent Washington Post, the facts do not actually indicate the American militia as a clear Invigator. Also, they do not show British firing under direct orders.
Congress Library stupidly about it.
“There is no evidence that clearly showed which side shot the first shot in the lexenth,” he claims.
British regulars pass past the dead colonial militias of New England, also known as small, during the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and the beginning of the American Revolution on Saturday in Lexington, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
In other words, the “fog of war” was already thick before even the war was officially started.
And yet the colonial side got a powerful land, telling its story first.
“Regardless of the truth of the one who shot at the first shot,” the Congress Library notes, “Patriots first received their version of events for the American public. The effect was to gather hundreds, if not thousands of colonists before the uprising.”
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This is the advantage of messaging, mixed with many years of disappointment over British control, helped turn the moment into a cohesive cry. But historians still discuss the real sequence of events. Was it a nervous red corner? The police officer? Or just a misfire that no one appointed?
The only thing we can say is that no one has ever been called a man who shot first. Not a single British soldier. Not a single American with a musket.
The colonial police in New England stand in line, colliding with British regulars during the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and the beginning of the American Revolution on Saturday in Lexington, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
The confrontation began with screaming teams and high tension, and then quickly grew into deadly shooting. As CBS recently noted, Boston, trying to declare a single “official” start of the war, is more difficult than many think.
The first died in lexington. Eight colonial policemen were killed, also known as small and others were injured. A few hours later, the fighting grew on the northern bridge, where the American militias pushed British regulars. It was the beginning of something much greater.
The White House announcement for the 250th anniversary calls the events in the lexington “British ambush”, enhancing the story of British aggression. But this language, though dramatic, does not fully reflect the historical discussion that is still unfolding. Even now the incident remains disguised in uncertainty.
British regulars fire on the colonial police of New England during the celebration of the reconstruction of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington on Saturday in Lexington, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
So, the British fire first?
The best evidence – eyewitness reports, British and colonial accounts and statements that have been preserved by the Congress Library are leaning in this direction. Probably the first shot came from the British side, though not in direct orders. Most likely, it was a moment of confusion, panic and fear. In chaos, someone squeezed the trigger.
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But, again, no one was proven by this person. And perhaps in a strange sense, this is part of the story.
Because asking who shot the first shot is not just a history lesson, it’s a symbol. This single noted the start of America’s long road to freedom.
Two and a half centuries, the fact that we are still asking only a legend.
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