Battles of Lexington & Concord

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AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL 1975 Series PIRIT OF 76 OLD NORTH BRIDGE abexington& Cortcord 1775 by Sandham ORD APR 19 1975 LEXINGTON CONCORD CHARLESTOWN FIRST DAY OF ISSUE BRITISH ADVANCE 01742 BRITISH RETREAT CAMBRIDGE BOSTON REVERE'S RIDE X REVERE CAPTURED 5 MI. SCALE Commemorating BATTLES OF LEXINGTON & CONCORD THE ROUTE OF ENGAGEMENT Fleetwood philadelphia PHILADELPHIA'76 Official First Day Cover MA CONC

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THE ROUTE OF ENGAGEMENT The Battles of Lexington and Concord took place between dawn and dusk on Wednesday, April 19, 1775. Slipping out of Boston under cover of night, the British intended to find and to destroy caches of colonial arms which they knew the Massachusetts Provisional Congress had stored at Concord. Paul Revere (1735- 1818) was the most famous of several post-riders appointed to alert the countryside of any imminent British thrust. His mission was a success even though, at a point beyond Lexington, he was detained and set afoot by British guards. Shortly after dawn the force of Redcoats encountered Yankee Minutemen on Lex- ington Green. It was there that the first battle of America's Revolutionary War took place. After a minor victory at Lexington, the British marched on to Concord, where hostile colonials routed them and forced a retreat to Boston.