4/19/26. 251 Years

           The birth of this nation started today  in Lexington & Concord MA. The regulars were looking to grab the guns and ammo from the local militia. Things didn't  go according to plan.

          Colonial spies tipped off  the militia that today the regulars were coming for Concord. Paul Revere does his ride along the shore . Letting it be known that the regulars are moving by boat across the harbor to Charlestown. 700 of them. William Dawes makes the horse ride inland to warn the people of Regulars afoot. Church bells begin to peal. Reveree heads to Lexington. 70  minutemen  are on the Lexington Green. The regulars enter the Green. It is now 5 am. The regulars release a volley at the militia. 7 dead minute men and they retreat. The regulars move on to Concord. When they get there at 8 am, They started searching for the weopens. By 11 am a force of over ,200 militia were in Concord.   Two hundred Colonists against 100 regulars. This is where the shot heard a tree round the world occured. One shot  first, then a return volley. 8 dead colonists. They return fire leaving 3 dead regulars. Regulars find no weopens, they are hidden at surrounding farms. The retreat is on for the regulars. Back to Lexington. The colonists shoot at them from both sides of the road for 3 hours. Another 800 regulars have come to their aid. The March back to Boston was more of the same. The Minutemen are arriving throughout the day. This day led to 94 minutemen deaths and 400 casualties for the British. More could of been killed but colonists failed to corner them at Boston. 20,000 colonists are now up in arms around Boston  The beginning of the end of the occupation. June 17 at Breeds hill will be the nail in the coffin for the British.

          Being united over one moral code worked wonders for the colonies. 8 years of war were to follow. This led to the US becoming a world power. Trying to do good in the world. There have been many back steps but we were always moving forward. Bottom line, keep moving forward in your own lives and the rest will follow.