The Lexington–Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar, sometimes the Lexington–Concord half dollar or Patriot half dollar, is a commemorative fifty-cent piece struck by the United States Bureau of the Mi
1925 50C Lexington
BEP engraved vignette Battle of Lexington which appeared on the $20 National Bank Note|alt=A printed engraving in black and white showing several people in 18th-century garb; one is firing a rifle. Another lies on the ground, dead or wounded; a woman tends to him.
Daniel Chester French's 1874 statue The Minute Man
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Minutemen were members of the organized New England colonial militia companies trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies during the American Revolutionary War. They were known for being re
Lexington–Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar
…British, being formed in the Boston area. These groups, under the control of Massachusetts leader John Hancock's Committee of Safety, were often dubbed minutemen for their readiness to assemble to fight at a moment's notice. Caches of munitions were stored at various towns for their use, including at Concord…
Lexington Minuteman, a 1900 monument by Henry Hudson Kitson pays tribute to the Minutemen during the American Revolutionary War
The Minute Man, a statue by Daniel Chester French on Massachusetts' state quarter
This stamp is one of a set of three issued in 1925; the poem on the plaques was authored by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Minutemen during the Battles of Lexington and Concord, April 1775