"The shot heard around the world"

from Randall's Time Machine · host Jessica Hatfield

Travel back to April 19, 1775, in Lexington, Massachusetts as a single shot sparks the American Revolutionary War. Discover how the Battles of Lexington and Concord began—and why this moment is called “the shot heard around the world.”Thank you for the audio files: ⁠S: ⁠⁠Night Time Amb.wav⁠ by ⁠Kane53126⁠ | License: ⁠Creative Commons 0⁠⁠S: ⁠⁠Horse trotting left to right.wav⁠ by ⁠juskiddink⁠ | License: ⁠Attribution 4.0⁠S: Musket shots.mp3 by alppdcjr12 | License: Creative Commons 0S: S21-01 Musket shots.wav by craigsmith | License: Creative Commons 0S: Marching Sound by lyghtningwither | License: Creative Commons 0

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