Revolutionary War Myth: Shot Heard Around the World



Like I said before, no one knows who shot first at the battle of Lexington and Concord. A hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Concord Hymn, the farmers, or soldiers fired “the shot heard around the world” at the redcoats. No one knows who really fired. Once the fire was heard, the soldiers from either side started firing in confusion.
Each side blamed the other for firing, but the truth they both didn’t know who fired. An eyewitness was none other than Paul Revere (again), who was detained but never arrested. He did see the fight, but not who shot first. This mystery is still unsolved, but it did have a huge impact on the Revolutionary War.

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