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Near this spot, at early dawn on April 19, 1775, Benjamin Wellington, a Minute Man, was surprised by British scouts and disarmed. With undaunted courage, he borrowed another gun and hastened to join his comrades on Lexington Green. He also served his country at White Plains and Saratoga, and was the first armed man taken in the Revolution.
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Lexington, Massachusetts · United States
