This is the 4th in a series.

There are times when getting a story first outweighs the getting of it correct. In April 1775, this rang true as the Colonial version of the events at Lexington and Concord were distributed widely while the British account was omitted.

The first accounts of Lexington told of the Redcoats firing on the Minutemen without provocation. Following the encounter, they marched toward Concord, where they believed military stores were hidden.

Living in Concord was a widow named Martha Moulton. She testified, “Your petitioner, being left to the mercy of 600 or…