On this day, 250 years ago, ordinary Americans took up arms and stood their ground against a tyrannical British force looking to disarm them. Events that initiated the American Colonies War for Independence. Boston, Massachusetts celebrated the events with huge crowds reenacting the famous ride Paul Revere took to warn townspeople throughout the Bay State’s countryside of British Armies soon landing in Boston Harbor.

President Trump also weighed in on the historical even too.

PHOTO CREDIT: By William Barnes Wollen – National Army Museum website, 3 March 2019 (upload date) by Muhranoff, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77062706