AMERICAN ESSENCE_ The Heart Behind the US Army’s 250 Years of Service

THE EPOCH TIMES

The Heart Behind the US Army’s 250 Years of Service 

The growth of the US Army into the world’s most powerful military has not outgrown its pledge to America and its principles.

Cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in the New York Veterans' Day Parade on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, on Nov. 11, 2014. All graduates become 2nd lieutenants in the U.S. Army. Samira Bouaou/Epoch Times 

By Dustin Bass 
6/13/2025 Updated: 6/13/2025 


“For God’s sake, fire!” A return volley of musket and rifle fire boomed across the Concord River near the North Bridge. “The shot heard round the world” had just been unleashed upon the 220 British soldiers by the colonial militia and minutemen. The volley sent the British retreating to Concord and then to Lexington, where they had earlier fired upon and dispersed the 70 local militia, killing eight and wounding 10. Their return to Lexington would be the start of a 12-mile scramble back to Boston. 

Throughout the night of April 18 and the early morning hours of April 19, 1775, word had spread in the Boston area that the British were coming to confiscate or destroy the locals’ gunpowder and materiel in Concord. By the time British soldiers reached the North Bridge, hundreds of militia members were out in force. By the time the British began their retreat back to Boston, thousands descended upon them, firing from behind trees, stone walls, houses, and buildings. What began as an act of suppression by imperial troops turned into a route by a mass of colonial volunteers. 

Celebrating Patriots Day with a militiamen march in Lexington and Concord, Mass. (Mark Nassal/Dreamstime) 

This was the beginning of arguably the greatest military upset in history. Four days later, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress attempted to organize the disjointed militias across several colonies to create the Army of Observation. It was not until June 14 that the 13 colonies agreed to combine their disparate militias into one fighting force: the Continental Army. 

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