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Who fired the "the shot heard round the world"?
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#58312. Asked by Pyro900. (Jul 13 05 6:53 PM)
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lanfranco
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No one knows who fired the shot -- whether a British soldier or an American militiaman. However, the phrase, taken from Emerson's "Concord Hymn," refers to the supposed first shot of the Revolutionary War, in Concord, Massachusetts, on April 19, 1775:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_heard_round_the_world
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Arpeggionist
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Emerson credits Paul Revere with having fired that shot. Most history books, however, credit Nal Prescotts father (whose name escapes me currently).
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tjoebigham
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In Emerson's poem, the lines go: "Here the embattled farmers stood/And fired the shot heard round the world." He never said Revere fired it! (Which he didn't!)
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