It was the event that almost single-handedly started a war, and not just any war, but one of the fiercest struggles for independence the world has ever seen. Famously dubbed "the Shot 'Heard Round the World" nearly a century later by the famed American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, it was the defining moment that would ultimately lead to the American Revolution. Join me as we pay the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord a visit and see what took place on that fateful day, right here on the 'History Loves Company' podcast.