250 years ago, on April 19th 1775, the first muskets were fired in the American War of Independence - the famous "shot heard round the world". Dan Snow explores the key sites where it happened on this day - Battle Green, Lexington; The Old North Bridge, Concord; and the Battle Road that saw the British redcoats fight their way back to Boston under constant attack from provincial militia. As dusk fell on April 19th an uneasy peace had turned into all-out war - find out how it happened as experts
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