Were Lexington and Concord Spontaneous? Rethinking April 19, 1775

Updated: April 29, 2026 April 19, 1775 was not a spontaneous uprising Did the of Battles of Lexington and Concord happen spontaneously? That’s what I learned in school. And I think that’s what most of us learned—if not explicitly, then through the way the story is told. From school, you probably remember Paul Revere’s Ride. […]