"Where Did the Shot Heard Round the World Happen?" Topic

"The Shot Heard Round the World occurred during a brief battle between British troops and local minutemen at the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts.

The shot heard round the world took place on April 19, 1775 after British troops searching for ammunition stockpiles in Concord encountered the local minutemen.

The battle came to be known as the Battle of Concord. Several of the British soldiers were killed during the battle and the battle itself was considered the first victory in the fight for America's independence.

As a result, the battle inadvertently kick started not only the Siege of Boston but the Revolutionary War as well…"
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Armand

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"Some guns were fired by the British at us from the first platoon, but no person was killed or hurt, being probably charged only with gunpowder…"

This witness observation by militia man Sylvanus Wood has probably been turned up sided down and inside out over the years, but- is it very likely that British troops would have firelocks charged with 'blanks'?

I suppose it is possible that te British loaded with powder only if it was their intention to fire a "warning" volley. I don't know how effective that would be as a musket loaded with powder only sounds quite different to one loaded with powder and ball.

If at Lexington, it was fired by:
Sam Adams.
Hiding in a doorway.
With a pistol.

Nah, it was:
Colonel Mustard.
With a candlestick.
In the Library.

Not Colonel Plumb? Im shocked I tell you

(smile)

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Armand

Must have been a massive gun -did they hear it in China?

If I am not mistaken, "The shot heard round the world" was fired at Lexington Green. This small minor action took place just prior to the action at North Bridge. Thus the saying refers to the first shot fired in the American revolution. As far as I know there is no finite proof as to who fired the shot, but lots of speculation.

Terry

We were always taught Lexington Green. The 8 men killed and 10 wounded on the colonial side suggests that the British did not have their muskets loaded with only powder. Eye-witness accounts vary on exactly who fired the first shot. It is clear though the British replied immediately and with effect.

Personally, I think Ebeneezer Oswald fired the first shot from the Lexington book repository. I also believe that he acted alone.

The oldest use of the phrase I am aware of is from Emerson's poem which refers to the fighting at Concord. However I'd say the AWI began earlier at Lexington where you have a rebel force assembling to resist the British, and you have the British using force to overcome that resistance. Whether there was one shot or several before the British volley and who fired that shot or those shots is irrelevant.

I was always of the impression that the phrase was from Voltaire and referred to the shot fired by Washington's troops at Fort necessity that killed Ensign Du Jumonville.

Went to the Lincolnshire Regiment museum yesterday, in the revolutionary war they were the 10th Foot. There was a display of a mannequin dressed as a period private, the accompanying script said that the "shot heard round the world" was fired at Lexington and killed a member of the 10th Foot (did name him but I can't remember) sounds about right to me.

Ok then. Sam Adams was on the grassy knoll.

+1 Winston. I wrote a paper in collage supporting the opinion that Adams saw the militia withdrawing and realized nothing was going to happen, so fired the shot.