A year before the Battles of Lexington and Concord, notes author Bill Federer, Minutemen were already beginning to enlist in the brewing conflict: “In 1774, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress reorganized the Massachusetts militia, providing that over one-third of all new regiments be made up of ‘Minutemen. Lexington was on the way, and two of the key American rabble-rousers (from the British point of view) were reported to be staying with the pastor of the church in Lexington. When the British troops finally came to Lexington Green, in front of the church, around 5 in the morning of April 19, 1775, they found the Minutemen of Lexington, that is, mostly the leaders in Jonas Clark’s church, standing their ground.
Author: Jerry Newcombe
Published at: 2025-04-08 22:50:10
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