250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLES OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

By the President of the United States of AmericaA ProclamationTwo and a half centuries ago, a small band of minutemen answered the call of freedom in the legendary Battles of Lexington and Concord, an epic tale of American strength and the first major armed conflict of the Revolutionary War. We honor the memories, remember the sacrifices, and summon the courage of every hero of liberty who gallantly shed his blood for the cause of independence on April 19, 1775.After years of intensifying frictions and escalating hostility between the British Crown and the American Colonies, all avenues to peace and diplomacy...