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American Revolutionary War History
American Revolutionary War History
1775 - British troops marched toward Concord, MA, with orders to destroy the armaments stockpiled in the town and to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock. Boston Patriots Paul Revere and William Dawes set out on horseback from the city to warn Adams and Hancock and alert the Minutemen.
| "It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains." Patrick Henry |
