This shot is traditionally called “The Shot Heard Round the World,” a phrase from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Concord Hymn.” Although historically, no single shot can be definitely cited as the first shot of the battle or the war, this shot is traditionally considered the first shot of the American Revolutionary War. The question of the point of origin of the Revolutionary War has been debated between the towns of Lexington and Concord and their partisans since at least
This shot is traditionally called “The Shot Heard Round the World,” a phrase from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Concord Hymn.” Although historically, no single shot can be definitely cited as the first shot of the battle or the war, this shot is traditionally considered the first shot of the American Revolutionary War. The question of the point of origin of the Revolutionary War has been debated between the towns of Lexington and Concord and their partisans since at least