As part of the America250 celebrations, new content from the commemorative publication, Discover the Battle Road, will appear here twice weekly. The latest update features: "An Enemy to This Town: The Lexington Tea Burning" and "A Turning Point at Wright's Tavern." Join the people of Lexington as they burn their tea in protest (Charlestown quickly followed suit), and then journey down the road a short way to Concord and learn more about the pivotal role of Wright's Tavern in the American Revolution.
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John Adams once stated that “the Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people” long before the start of the Revolutionary War. Years before British soldiers fired on the townspeople in the first battle of the war, Lexington was fighting with economics rather than weapons.
As hostilities grew between Massachusetts and the English government in the 1770s, popular opinion was divided. Concord’s “Patriot preacher,” Rev. William Emerson, spoke out for liberty and served as chaplain for Concord’s minutemen. Meanwhile, his brother-in-law, lawyer Daniel Bliss, remained loyal to the King, and would be forced to flee for his life to Canada when war erupted in 1775.
