Who do you think fired first at the Lexington and Concord? I have listen and reviewed six different sources about the Lexington and Concord. Some were letters, maps, diary entries, illustrations and personal encounters. My thesis for this battle is that nobody truly knows who in fact fired first.
For starters, in the six sources I read and listened to; they all said different things. Some said they are not sure who fired first, others said “there was no discharge of arms on either side till the word “fire” was given, by the said Officer as above” – Source five. My personal opinion of all six sources is that nobody knows who fired first because of two reasons. Reason one being there were no