Re:Shot heard round the world

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Posted by Glenn Valis on August 08, 2001 at 19:37:24:

In Reply to: posted by Anne Kirchner on July 01, 2001 at 01:20:28:

: 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.)

I have to go with the Concordians. The phrase "the shot heard 'round the world" was in a poem about the farmers at the Concord bridge... The origin of the phrase is the Concord bridge. Lexington was the site of the first fighting- but the war was not on until the Concord bridge fight. The farmers had stood on the hill waiting until they saw the British were burning things in town. Then they marched forward and were fired on, and fired back.

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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.) 

: I have to go with the Concordians.  The phrase "the shot heard 'round the world" was in a poem about the farmers at the Concord bridge...  The origin of the phrase is the Concord bridge.  Lexington was the site of the first fighting- but the war was not on until the Concord bridge fight.  The farmers had stood on the hill waiting until they saw the British were burning things in town.  Then they marched forward and were fired on, and fired back.



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