"Shot heard 'round the world"

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: It occurs to me that the people of Lexington would be hesitant to accept the statement that the "shot heard around the world" was fired in Concord.  I found during my very brief visit to the Lexington/Concord/Waterford/Metonomy area that each burg believes their particular battle sparked the Revolution.  Even a visit to New Hampshire gave another twist to the tale!  Their battle predated the April 19th skirmish in Lexington, so surely their battle was the birthplace of the Revolution!  To a person from Washington State, and one who is trying to explain these various claims to 8th grade English students who, by their nature, know MORE than I do anyway, this is very difficult.  Any ideas as to how I can make this more understandable?  (PS I'm with the Lexingtonians, if it makes any difference...that shot fired from the "unknown"  source intrigues me.) 


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