Notable events that happened on this day in history.

1729: John Parker is born in Lexington, Massachusetts. Parker played a prominent role in the first battle of the War for Independence as leader of the volunteer American militia known as the Minutemen. Pictured is the statue often incorrectly believed to represent Captain John Parker sculpted by Henry Hudson Kitson and erected in 1900 in Lexington. This statue is commonly called “The Lexington Minuteman” because it was meant to represent the Minutemen generally rather than any individual.

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