The Shot Heard 'Round the World T-Shirt

The Date: April 19, 1775 Place: Lexington, Massachusetts The Wurtherington Diary: Tammy and the Declaration of Independence Art by Duy Truong and Nour Hassan. Alfred said, “This is terrible. They are going to ignore one another! We must do something!” Then one of the officers broke rank and ran up to the minutemen shouting, “Lay down your arms you darned rebels!” Captain Parker could see it was a gesture meant to entice them into shooting at him. The seven hundred Regulars would wipe out the mere eighty minutemen quickly. It would be suicidal to fire. He told his men to lay down their arms and go home. Some began to turn. Others did not hear the command of his weakened voice. It was over. I had failed.... Suddenly a shot rang ...