SHOT HEARD ROUND

I saw the Ministeral Troops from the Chamber window. We made haste, & had to pass thro' our Militia, who were on a green behind the Meetinghouse, to the number as I supposed, about 50 or 60, I went thro' them; as I passed I heard the commanding officer speake to his men to this purpose, "Lett the troops pass by, and don't molest them, with out The [They] begin first."... Concord Museum's interactive timeline of April 19, 1775, the day the "shot heard round the world" was fired, beginning the American Revolution.