The British were on their way to Concord to seize weapons and supplies that were stored there; but the colonists knew about the plan and had moved the munitions to surrounding farms and towns. Paul Revere and William Dawes were dispatched to warn Lexington residents. Sam Adams and John Hancock were holed up in a nearby house, and 77 militia men gathered in the green to wait for the British to arrive. No one knows who fired first but the colonials were hopelessly outnumbered that morning, and eight of them were killed in this park.
