...arrival in Philadelphia, hostilities had commenced betwixt the provincials and the British forces. The battle of Lexington was fought on the 19th of April 1775, and this event may be said to have rendered the breach betwixt the two parties irreparable. Already the...

...mutual support and resistance. Finally the difference went so far that the two sides came to blows, and the battle of Lexington was fought on the 19th of April, 1775. In May, George Washington was elected commander-in-chief of the American forces, and the War for Independence...

...encrimson thy name, Be freedom, and science, and virtue thy fame. HISTORY OF FOUR ANTIQUE ENGRAVINGS. THE battle of Lexington was fought on the 19th of April, 1775. At noon of the next day, April 20, the tidings reached New Haven. Benedict Arnold was then captain...

...a still broader and more fundamental question, namely, What was Kentucky's part in the Revolution ? The battle of Lexington was fought on the 19th of April, 1775. Scarcely three weeks before, Daniel Boone and his fellow roadmakers had reached the south bank of the...

...years of age be organized into companies, armed, equipped, drilled, and ready for instant service. The battle of Lexington was fought on the 19th of April, 1775. On the 24th of that month young and old enrolled with the greatest enthusiasm in Maryland, and were...