"Shot heard 'round the world"

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Posted by Anne Kirchner on July 01, 2001 at 01:20:28:

It occurs to me that the people of Lexington would be hesitant to accept the statement that the "shot heard around the world" was fired in Concord. I found during my very brief visit to the Lexington/Concord/Waterford/Metonomy area that each burg believes their particular battle sparked the Revolution. Even a visit to New Hampshire gave another twist to the tale! Their battle predated the April 19th skirmish in Lexington, so surely their battle was the birthplace of the Revolution! To a person from Washington State, and one who is trying to explain these various claims to 8th grade English students who, by their nature, know MORE than I do anyway, this is very difficult. Any ideas as to how I can make this more understandable? (PS I'm with the Lexingtonians, if it makes any difference...that shot fired from the "unknown" source intrigues me.)

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