Kristen Blackstone
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first heard Jun 2026
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The British army, because of the violence that is going on in and around Boston, because of the protests and the riots, they had been going through Massachusetts and taking things that were stored in armories and bringing them to Boston.
And there had been a number of smaller incidences of British soldiers attempting to do this and coming up against the militia.
These instances don't result in a firefight.
People don't die, but there are flashpoints of tensions.
In addition to this, militiamen are in a state of preparedness, if you will.
They are practicing, they are drilling, they are perpetually ready for something to happen.
And I don't think anyone expected that something to be the start of a major war.
But everyone knows there will be, at some point, a conflict between the soldiers and militiamen.
And both sides are getting ready for what this could look like.
For something that is now known as the shot heard around the world, there is actually quite a lot of uncertainty as to what precisely happened.
Sources are muddled and sources also blame the opposite side.
So the British sources very clearly say the militia fired first.
The sources from the militiamen very clearly say the British fired first.
And some sources say, I actually have no idea who fired.
But whatever happened, a shot is fired.
That shot is then answered by other shots.
And when the dust is cleared, the militia had fled.
They're hiding behind walls.
There are eight militiamen dead, and there are a few wounded British soldiers.
And this is the first battle, if you will, of the American Revolution.
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