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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBZ5_weapon-of-the-day_Hanscom-AFB-MA.html
On April 19th, 1775, Colonists and British soldiers used the same type of gun - a flintlock musket that fired a one ounce solid lead ball. The effective range was one hundred yards (the length of a modern football field). These weapons were smooth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBTQ_the-midnight-riders_Hanscom-AFB-MA.html
In September of 1774, Patriot leaders initiated a system of alarms and express riders to warn all towns whenever British troops marched out of Boston.
On April 18th, at about 10:00 in the evening, two riders set out from Boston ahead of 700 Bri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBTD_the-capture-of-paul-revere_Hanscom-AFB-MA.html
While passing through Lexington at around midnight, Revere and William Dawes met Dr. Samuel Prescott of Concord, who was riding home after courting Lydia Mulliken. Prescott agreed to help spread the alarm that "the Regulars were out."
The three…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBTB_end-of-paul-reveres-midnight-ride_Hanscom-AFB-MA.html
At this point,on the Old Concord Road as it then wasended the midnight ride ofPaul RevereHe had at about two o'clock on the morning of April 19, 1775, the night being clear and the moon in its third quarter, got this far on his way from Lexington …