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In defiance of King George III, local minutemen hid 17 cannons here and were confronted by 300 British troops under the command of Colonel Leslie. The Redcoats were routed, with only Joseph Whicher of Salem wounded. This was the first open resistance to the King by the colonials and the first blood shed in America's war for independence.
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Salem, Massachusetts · United States
