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"I Heard the Guns": Rebekah Fiske and the Battles of Lexington & Concord

Lexington & Concord | Parker & Revenge/Fiske Hill | Apr 19, 1775 (October 2020)

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Illustration depicting the death of British Major John Pitcairn at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Painting of a man holding a metal teapot.

This detail from Trumbull’s painting shows the man who is believed to have shot Pitcairn.

An oil painting of Francis Smith

Painting of a seated man with a black coat and white wig.

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