Today is the 245th Anniversary of Lexington and Concord and the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Thousands of Minutemen turned out that morning to defend their homes and their neighbors, and at least 49 Americans died. Eleven of those 49 dead were over the age of 50. The oldest casualty was 80 years old. The youngest casualty was just 14.

Here is one list of all the killed in action:

(Apologies for the poor formatting, I'll try to fix it)

Name Age Where Killed Town From

Ensign Robert Munroe 63 On Lexington Common Lexington
Jonas Parker 53 On Lexington Common Lexington
Johnathon Harrington 30 On Lexington Common Lexington
Isaac Muzzy 31 On Lexington Common Lexington
Caleb Harrington 25 West of Meeting-house, near Lexington Common Lexington
Samuel Hadley 29 Near Lexington Common Lexington
John Brown 25 Near Lexington Common Lexington
Asahel Porter Unkown Near Lexington Common Woburn
Captian Isaac Davis 30 At Concord Bridge Acton
Abner Hosmer 21 At Concord Bridge Acton
Capt. Johnathan Wilson 41 Near Brook's Tavern, Lincoln Bedford
Daniel Thompson 40 Near Brook's Tavern, Lincoln Woburn
Nathaniel Wyman 25 Near Brook's Tavern, Lincoln Lexington
Asahel Reed 22 Near Hartwell's Tavern, Lincoln Sudbury
James Hayward 25 Fiske's Hill, Lexington Aton
Josiah Haynes 80 Concord Hill Sudbury
Jedediah Munroe 54 Lexington Lexington
John Raymond 44 Near Munroe's Tavern, Lexington Lexington
Joseph Coolidge 45 East Lexington or upper part of Menotomy Watertown
Henry Jacobs 22 At Jason Russell's Menotomy
Samuel Cook 33 At Jason Russell's Menotomy Danvers
Ebenezer Goldthwait 22 At Jason Russell's Menotomy Danvers
George Southwick 25 At Jason Russell's Menotomy Danvers
Benjamin Daland 25 At Jason Russell's Menotomy Danvers
Jotham Webb 22 At Jason Russell's Menotomy Danvers
Perley Putnam 21 At Jason Russell's Menotomy Danvers
Daniel Townsend 37 At Jason Russell's Menotomy Lynn
Reuben Kennison Unknown At Jason Russell's Menotomy Beverly
Willian Flint Unknown At Jason Russell's Menotomy Lynn
Thomas Hadley Unknown At Jason Russell's Menotomy Lynn
Jason Russell 59 At Jason Russell's Menotomy Menotomy
William Polly 30 Across the mill-pond, nearly opposite J. Russell's Medford
Henry Putnam 70 Between Jason Russell's and Meeting-house Medford
Benjamin Peirce 37 Between Jason Russell's and Meeting-house Salem
Lieut. John Bacon 54 Near the meeting-house, Menotomy Needham
Sergt. Elisha Mills 40 Near the meeting-house, Menotomy Needham
Amos Mills 43 Near the meeting-house, Menotomy Needham
Nathaniel Chamberlain 57 Near the meeting-house, Menotomy Needham
Johnathon Parker 28 Near the meeting-house, Menotomy Dedham
Elias Haven Unknown Near the meeting-house, Menotomy Dover Prect.
Abednego Ramsdell 25 Near the meeting-house, Menotomy Lynn
Jabez Wyman 39 In the Cooper Tavern Menotomy
Jason Winship 45 In the Cooper Tavern Menotomy
Moses Richardwon 53 Near corner of North Avenue and Spruce Street, Cambridge Cambridge
John Hicks 50 Near corner of North Avenue and Spruce Street, Cambridge Cambridge
William Marcy Unknown Near corner of North Avenue and Spruce Street, Cambridge Cambridge
Isaac Gardner 49 Near corner of North Avenue and Spruce Street, Cambridge Brookline
James Miller 65 Prospect Hillside, Charlestown Charlestown
Edward Barber 14 Charlestown Neck, Charlestown Charlestown

Battles of Lexington and Concord

On April 19, 1775, British forces were returning to Boston from the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the opening engagements of the war. On their march they were continually shot at by American militiamen.

Whittemore was in his fields when he spotted an approaching British relief brigade under Earl Percy, sent to assist the retreat. Whittemore loaded his musket and ambushed the British Grenadiers of the 47th Regiment of Foot from behind a nearby stone wall, killing one soldier. He then drew his dueling pistols, killed a second grenadier and mortally wounded a third. By the time Whittemore had fired his third shot, a British detachment had reached his position; Whittemore drew his sword and attacked.[7] He was subsequently shot in the face, bayoneted numerous times, and left for dead in a pool of blood. He was found by colonial forces, trying to load his musket to resume the fight. He was taken to Dr. Cotton Tufts of Medford, who perceived no hope for his survival. However, Whittemore recovered and lived another 18 years until dying of natural causes at the age of 98

https://pod.amrevpodcast.com/e/episode-054-british-advance-on-lexington-and-concord/

https://blog.uspatriottactical.com/american-heroes-stone-cold-samuel-whittemore/

I only want to hear about the African American and the Spanish American hero's who fought in those battles to give their families 250 years after the fact billions in reparation's of at least several millions per family or more , the rest were all merely white bystanders

OP Your last name is Whittemore , congrats ! My last name is York from my fathers side my mother was a Rickenbacker, Im a expert rifleman and a beyond great pilot

the real question, are libtardz willing to learn something new that will cause them to question their world view...

https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/thomas-sowell-on-slavery-and-this-fact-there-are-more-slaves-today-than-were-seized-from-africa-in-four-centuries/

I’ve heard it said that 20% of the population were patriots, 20% were loyalist, and the other 60% didn’t give a damn. Alexandria resident George Washington did a good job rallying people to the cause - in an era when each state was basically a country, this was a big deal.

Never forget.
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You failed to mention how many were African American like Crispus Attucks

What really happened:

By Fall of 1774, both Massachusetts and Vermont were in open, armed revolt against the English crown. The Royal Governor had no control of anything in Massachusetts outside of Boston.

Parliament and King had issued orders to the Governor of Massachusetts to disarm the militias there. He got wind of stores of weapons in Lexington and Concord. He decided to send a reconnaissance in force up the Mohawk Trail to those towns. The Yankees found out that the British knew about their weapons stores, so they moved the weapons to Penntucket (now Haverhill) and Lincoln. The Yankees knew that the British were coming, they just did not know when.

Up the Mohawk Trail came the British. As they marched, these crazy Yankee farmers, hiding behind stone walls and trees and even in ditches, followed them. When there were enough of them, they took a few potshots at the marching line and ducked into the woods.

The British finally got to Concord, only to find these crazy Yankees hastily formed up on Concord Green. The Yankees let fly a couple of volleys and skedaddled through the streets and into the woods. The British looked around Lexington, found no weapons, then decided to head to Concord. On the way, these crazy Yankee farmers took potshots at the line. In a couple of places, the Yankees actually came charging out of the woods or from behind hills, let fly a few volleys and promptly skedaddled into the woods, again.

There was an action at the bridge across the Concord River, where these crazy Yankees again let fly a couple of volleys and skedaddled back through the streets of Concord and hastily formed up on Concord Green. When the British approached, they let fly a few more volleys, then skedaddled into the woods.

The British looked around, found a few weapons, destroyed or captured them, then decided to return to Boston. All the way back, these crazy Yankee farmers took potshots at them. At a couple of places, they did form up and ambush the British by letting fly a few volleys then skedaddling into the woods. The British finally made it back to Charlestown but took more casualties than the expedition was worth. Almost every British officer was either killed or wounded. The non commissioneds and private soldiers were totally demoralized and rattled, as they had never dealt with guerilla warfare before this.

It would take another year, but, the British were finally expelled from Massachusetts and would never return in force. All of this occurred before independence was formally declared. If you ask anyone from Massachusetts or Vermont when the Revolution began, he will tell you 1774or 1775, depending on whom you ask. Al of them will agree it actually began long before 4 July, 1776. It would be over effectively in October, 1781 with the British calamity at Yorktown, although the official end would not come until September, 1783 with the agreement in Paris.

Anyone who refers to the Regulars as "the British" has no knowledge of history.

>Parliament (Democrat Congress) and King (Democrat President) had issued orders to the Governor of Massachusetts (Democrat) to disarm the militias (people) We the people understand it all now thanks

Although the 2nd amendment was not yet written that governor would have torn it into pieces , some things never change with Democrats while we have been fooled all this time thinking it was only about high taxes = (Democrats)

Gun worshippers have such an interesting view of history. At the same time that the Second Amendment and its state equivalents were being drafted and adopted, the legislatures were passing or keeping on their books laws which limited who could own guns and where they could be carried. In many instances it was the same legislators who were doing both. The idea that the drafters of the Second Amendment wanted to permit rogue individuals from having whatever weapon they wanted to keep from be oppressed by the man just isn't born out by history.

Ignorant of History Wrote:
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> Anyone who refers to the Regulars as "the British"
> has no knowledge of history.


Anybody who shitposts crap like this is an obvious DOLT.

Ignorant of History Wrote:
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> Anyone who refers to the Regulars as "the British"
> has no knowledge of history.

This is a situation where it is possible to be both technically correct and technically incorrect at the same time.