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DID YOU KNOW: Easton Responds to Concord and Lexington

Your weekly historical fact, courtesy of the Easton Historical Society

DID YOU KNOW that April 19, 1775, 97 Easton militia responded to the "surprise" attack on Lexington and Concord. Forty-seven men led by Captain Abiel Mitchell marched along the old Stoughton turnpike, and Captain Macey Williams led his men on Bay Road.  The Easton men remailed for at least a week in case another attack from Boston might occur.

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