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The "shot heard round the world" was fired at Lexington.
The "shot heard round the world" is a phrase from Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Concord Hymn" written in 1837:By the rude bridge that arched the flood,Their flag to April's breeze unfurled;Here once the embattled farmers stood,And fired the shot heard 'round the world.The poem refers to the beginning of the American Revolutionary War and the "shot heard round the world," was at the Battles of Lexington and Concord, considered to be the first open conflict of the war. The shots fired there were the beginning of a war that would so drastically change the future of the world (with the eventual creation of the United States), that the world could almost hear it.
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A reconstruction of the crude bridge was the site of a monument for whose dedication this poem, was written. The bridge was the site of the Battle of Concord where 500 colonial militia faced the British regulars in what was essentially the first battle of the Revolutionary War. The battle took place on April 9, 1775, so their flag was unfurled to April's breeze. Many of the militiamen were farmers. Their shots were called "the shot heard round the world" because of the worldwide implication of the American Revolution.
The original line is from Ralph Waldo Emmerson's The Concord Hymn : "By the rude bridge that arched the flood, : Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, : Here once the embattled farmers stood : And fired the shot heard round the world." There "Where" of this poem is Concord, Massachusetts. The refernce was to the shot that started the American Revolutionary War. Later it was also used of the shot the killed Archduke Ferdinand starting WWI.