Daylight had yet to appear around 5 a.m. on April 19 when bells rang over Lexington Common as hundreds of spectators watched a reenactment of the skirmish that forever changed American history 250 years ago.
The neighboring towns of Lexington and Concord are where the first battles happened between British regulars and colonial militia, known as minutemen who had pledged to take up arms at a minute’s notice.
“On this day, 250 years ago on the dawn of April 19, 1775, this common became the birthplace of American freedom,” Henry Liu, Lexington Minute Men reenactment committee chair, said on April 19.
Richard Howell, who portrayed Lexington minuteman Samuel Tidd in the battle, called the reenactment “momentous.”…