Who Were The Minutemen?

Описание: On April 19th 1775, townies in eastern Massachusetts joined ranks and decisively defeated one of the most powerful militaries in the world at the Battles of Lexington and Concord. How on earth did they do it? Let's examine the Revolutionary War's opening volleys from the ground-level perspective of the provincial militiamen who took part in it.

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