Countdown To History

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Sons of Liberty members Paul Revere and William Dawes receive a lantern signal from the Old North Church and set out on their historic ride to warn of British troops approaching Concord and Lexington.

 Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, together with Benedict Arnold, surprised and overtook a small British garrison at the fort, acquiring valuable weapons for the Continental Army 

On this day in history inexperienced American militia prove they can stand up to British regulars. Although it was a tactical loss for the rebels British losses far outnumbered American.

The Continental Army suffers its first Major Defeat during an ill conceived invasion into French Canada