It's the middle of April in twenty-five, and hardly a man or woman is now alive who knows by heart the opening of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem that once was memorized by generations of American schoolchildren.
But listen, my children, and you shall hear of the 250th anniversary of the days of gunfire and glory that opened the American Revolution. This landmark moment, coming on April 19, arrives as the country — once a revolutionary vanguard that began when 80 militiamen at Lexington and around 500 more at Concord fought to sever their relationship with Colonial masters — is engaged in an altogether different revolution.
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