Battles of Lexington and Concord

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolution. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge. They marked the outbreak of armed conflict between UKball and its thirteen colonies.