No. The Minute Men did not organize until after Lexington and Concord.
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They didn't have nicknames. On the bridge at Concord a statue has been erected of a minuet man that states the " shots were heard around the world" were fired there on April 19, 1775.
Because it was where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired. The first battle was actually at Lexington, then it continued onto Concord. This was the beginning of the end of British rule around the world. Until this time, Britain was a major world sea power and ruled in India and The New World. It would be a long time until the USA would become a super power, but this was the start.
The "Shot Heard around the world" was fired on April 19, 1775 at Lexington Green. However, there are lots of differing accounts as to who fired first--the British or the revolutionaries.
It was The American Revolutionary War or American War of Independence which began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and concluded in a global war between several European great powers.