Concord Celebrates The 250th Anniversary Of The American Revolution

A day full of patriotism as Concord residents cheered on the Minute Men marching down main street for the town's 250th anniversary celebration of the American Revolution. For more, ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
A flyover of military jets marks when the Conquered two
fifty parade reaches north Bridge, where the Minute Men were
first told the fire back at the British in seventeen
seventy five.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
And that is the shot heard around the world. And
Ralph Wotto Emerson wrote it, and he.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
Wrote it here his story in Beth van Doozer, and.

Speaker 2 (00:18):
That's why we say it's the shot heard around the world. Here, however,
Lexington rallies later in the day and as the Red
Coats are going back to Boston, Lexington is one of
the twenty three communities that follows them back and chases
them back to Boston.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
Parade goers cannot be more amped. Battle re enactments are
on the aptutely named Battle Road.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
Yeah this speeches sir appropriately and strongly stated, you know,
fight tyranny, no kings and no kings now.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
To kick things off here, doctor Samuel Prescott rode horseback
in a green vest to Warren patriots that the British
were coming from conquered Jaywillette WBZ, Boston's news radio