Dispatches sets the words of 1775 beside the photographs of 2026 — one headline from each side, printed as they were.
"AMERICANS! forever bear in mind the BATTLE of LEXINGTON!"
— Massachusetts Spy, Worcester, May 3, 1775 (see Sources below for the full period article)
"Thus this unfortunate Affair has happened through the Rashness and Imprudence of a few People, who began Firing on the Troops at Lexington."
— A Circumstantial Account of an Attack that happened on the 19th of April 1775, on his Majesty's Troops, the British account, printed as a broadside in Boston, April 1775 (see Sources below for the full period article)
Photographs: Lexington Battle Green, Lexington, Massachusetts, April 18, 2026. Rev250 living history photography by Thomas Musante.
Sources
If you'd like to learn more about the reporting of the day, below are the original article and broadside of the events at Lexington and Concord, along with a modern account of what took place.
Massachusetts Spy, May 3, 1775 — Massachusetts Spy, May 3, 1775, p. 3. Courtesy American Antiquarian Society.
A Circumstantial Account of an Attack that happened on the 19th of April 1775 — Library of Congress
What Really Happened at the Battle of Lexington — Alexander R. Cain, Historical Nerdery
