'Concord Hymn' - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Shot Heard Around The World Q
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 foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.
On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We set to-day a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem,
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.
Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.
Although in recent history, the term 'Shot Heard Round the World' is attached to the game-winning home run by New York Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson to win the National League Pennant in 1951, and synonymous with the shot that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand at the beginning of World War I, Emerson did not write this famous ode to baseball, nor did he live to see the wars of the Twentieth Century. Instead, he penned these few lines about the famous Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first official engagement between Britain and the Colonies in the American Revolutionary War. Specifically, Emerson's poem describes the first shots fired by Patriots at the North Bridge in what is now Charlestown, in northwestern Boston, Massachusetts.
The Revolution Begins
The clash began on April 19, 1775 when more about 700 British soldiers were given what they thought were secret orders to destroy colonial military supplies in Concord, Massachusetts. Fortunately, thanks to a rather elaborate colonial intelligence network, led by the Sons of Liberty, the Patriots were aware that their supplies were at risk, and were able to move them to different locations long before the British began to move. Also, thanks to the daring rides of a few brave men, the colonial militia knew that an engagement with the British Army was imminent.
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- This was the day the 'shot heard 'round the world' was fired. It was the day America's War for Independence began. Being warned of approaching British troops by Dr. Joseph Warren (who dispatched Paul Revere and William Dawes to Lexington and Concord with the news), Pastor Jonas Clark alerted his congregants at the Church of Lexington.
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- According to the book Founding Myths: Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past, many historians and writers have instead attributed the Shot Heard Round the World to the Battle of Lexington because that battle, which consisted of 700 British soldiers firing upon just 70 minuteman, better fit the image they wanted to promote of the large bullying British army being defeated by a.
The first shots were fired just after dawn in Lexington, Massachusetts the morning of the 19th, the 'Shot Heard Round the World.' The colonial militia, a band of 500 men, were outnumbered and initially forced to retreat. The British army was able to press forward to Concord, where they searched for the supplies, only to come up empty handed.
While the British were searching, the American militia was able to reform, and they met the enemy at the North Bridge in Concord, and they were successful this time in driving the British back. As more American reinforcements arrived, they forced the British army south to Boston, and the militias blockaded the narrow land accesses to Charlestown and Boston, starting the Siege of Boston.
The American War for Independence was now in full swing.
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'The shot heard round the world' is a phrase that refers to the opening shot of the battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, which began the American Revolutionary War and led to the creation of the United States of America. The phrase has subsequently also been applied to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 (which was one of the reasons World War I began) as well as other events.
Skirmish at the North Bridge[edit]
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.
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− Emerson, 'Concord Hymn'
The phrase comes from the opening stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's 'Concord Hymn' (1837) and refers to the first shot of the American Revolution at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, where the first British soldiers fell in the battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. Historically, no single shot can be cited as the first shot of the battle or the war. Shots were fired earlier that day at Lexington, Massachusetts, where eight Americans were killed and a British soldier was slightly wounded, but accounts of that event are confusing and contradictory.[1] The North Bridge skirmish did see the first shots by Americans acting under orders, the first organized volley by Americans, the first British fatalities, and the first British retreat.
The towns of Lexington and Concord have debated over the point of origin for the Revolutionary War since 1824 when the Marquis de Lafayette visited the towns. He was welcomed to Lexington hearing it described as the 'birthplace of American liberty', but he was then informed in Concord that the 'first forcible resistance' was made there. President Ulysses S. Grant considered not attending the 1875 centennial celebrations in the area to evade the issue. In 1894, Lexington petitioned the state legislature to proclaim April 19 as 'Lexington Day', to which Concord objected; the current name for the holiday is Patriots' Day.[1]
Emerson lived in a house known as the Old Manse at the time when he was composing the 'Concord Hymn', from which his grandfather and father (then a young child) had witnessed the skirmish. The house is located approximately 300 feet (91 m) from the North Bridge.
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand[edit]
The phrase 'shot heard round the world' (alternatively 'shots heard round the world' or 'shot heard around the world')[2][3] has also become associated with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, an event considered to be one of the immediate causes of World War I.[4][5][6][7] Serbian Gavrilo Princip fired two shots, the first hitting Franz Ferdinand's wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, and the second hitting the Archduke himself. The death of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, propelled Austria-Hungary and the rest of Europe into World War I.
Widespread idiomatic use[edit]
The phrase 'Shot heard round the world' continues to be a stock phrase in the 21st century, widely used to refer to extraordinary events in general.[8] The phrase has been applied to several dramatic moments in sports history.
In baseball, the 'Shot Heard 'Round the World' refers to the game-winning walk-off home run by New York Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca to win the National League pennant on October 3, 1951. The Giants won the game 5–4 as a result of the home run, defeating their traditional rivals in the pennant playoff series, although they eventually lost the World Series to the Yankees.[9]
Q Shot Heard Around The World
In association football, the shot heard round the world refers to Paul Caligiuri's winning goal for the United States men's national soccer team in the final qualifying round for the 1990 FIFA World Cup on 19 November 1989.[10][11] The US had not qualified for the World Cup since 1950. The team was in third position of the CONCACAF playoffs before their final game against Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain. The US had to win to go to the finals, their opponents only needed a draw. Defensive midfielder Caliguri received the ball 40 yards out from goal, and instead of passing it to a striker, beat one defender and launched a 30-yard shot that looped into the goal.[10]
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- Shot World 'round the world Tweet Shot heard 'round the world: The shot World 'round the world Tweet The shot heard 'round the world: Children should be seen and not World Tweet Children should be seen and not heard: World it through the grapevine Tweet Heard it through the grapevine: Penny saved is a penny World Tweet Penny saved is a penny earned.
- This was the day the 'shot heard 'round the world' was fired. It was the day America's War for Independence began. Being warned of approaching British troops by Dr. Joseph Warren (who dispatched Paul Revere and William Dawes to Lexington and Concord with the news), Pastor Jonas Clark alerted his congregants at the Church of Lexington.
- Check out Shot Heard 'Round the World by Nitro on Amazon Music. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com.
- According to the book Founding Myths: Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past, many historians and writers have instead attributed the Shot Heard Round the World to the Battle of Lexington because that battle, which consisted of 700 British soldiers firing upon just 70 minuteman, better fit the image they wanted to promote of the large bullying British army being defeated by a.
The first shots were fired just after dawn in Lexington, Massachusetts the morning of the 19th, the 'Shot Heard Round the World.' The colonial militia, a band of 500 men, were outnumbered and initially forced to retreat. The British army was able to press forward to Concord, where they searched for the supplies, only to come up empty handed.
While the British were searching, the American militia was able to reform, and they met the enemy at the North Bridge in Concord, and they were successful this time in driving the British back. As more American reinforcements arrived, they forced the British army south to Boston, and the militias blockaded the narrow land accesses to Charlestown and Boston, starting the Siege of Boston.
The American War for Independence was now in full swing.
Images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Share-Alike License 3.0
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'The shot heard round the world' is a phrase that refers to the opening shot of the battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, which began the American Revolutionary War and led to the creation of the United States of America. The phrase has subsequently also been applied to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 (which was one of the reasons World War I began) as well as other events.
Skirmish at the North Bridge[edit]
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.
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− Emerson, 'Concord Hymn'
The phrase comes from the opening stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's 'Concord Hymn' (1837) and refers to the first shot of the American Revolution at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, where the first British soldiers fell in the battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. Historically, no single shot can be cited as the first shot of the battle or the war. Shots were fired earlier that day at Lexington, Massachusetts, where eight Americans were killed and a British soldier was slightly wounded, but accounts of that event are confusing and contradictory.[1] The North Bridge skirmish did see the first shots by Americans acting under orders, the first organized volley by Americans, the first British fatalities, and the first British retreat.
The towns of Lexington and Concord have debated over the point of origin for the Revolutionary War since 1824 when the Marquis de Lafayette visited the towns. He was welcomed to Lexington hearing it described as the 'birthplace of American liberty', but he was then informed in Concord that the 'first forcible resistance' was made there. President Ulysses S. Grant considered not attending the 1875 centennial celebrations in the area to evade the issue. In 1894, Lexington petitioned the state legislature to proclaim April 19 as 'Lexington Day', to which Concord objected; the current name for the holiday is Patriots' Day.[1]
Emerson lived in a house known as the Old Manse at the time when he was composing the 'Concord Hymn', from which his grandfather and father (then a young child) had witnessed the skirmish. The house is located approximately 300 feet (91 m) from the North Bridge.
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand[edit]
The phrase 'shot heard round the world' (alternatively 'shots heard round the world' or 'shot heard around the world')[2][3] has also become associated with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, an event considered to be one of the immediate causes of World War I.[4][5][6][7] Serbian Gavrilo Princip fired two shots, the first hitting Franz Ferdinand's wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, and the second hitting the Archduke himself. The death of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, propelled Austria-Hungary and the rest of Europe into World War I.
Widespread idiomatic use[edit]
The phrase 'Shot heard round the world' continues to be a stock phrase in the 21st century, widely used to refer to extraordinary events in general.[8] The phrase has been applied to several dramatic moments in sports history.
In baseball, the 'Shot Heard 'Round the World' refers to the game-winning walk-off home run by New York Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca to win the National League pennant on October 3, 1951. The Giants won the game 5–4 as a result of the home run, defeating their traditional rivals in the pennant playoff series, although they eventually lost the World Series to the Yankees.[9]
Q Shot Heard Around The World
In association football, the shot heard round the world refers to Paul Caligiuri's winning goal for the United States men's national soccer team in the final qualifying round for the 1990 FIFA World Cup on 19 November 1989.[10][11] The US had not qualified for the World Cup since 1950. The team was in third position of the CONCACAF playoffs before their final game against Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain. The US had to win to go to the finals, their opponents only needed a draw. Defensive midfielder Caliguri received the ball 40 yards out from goal, and instead of passing it to a striker, beat one defender and launched a 30-yard shot that looped into the goal.[10]
In golf, the shot heard round the world refers to a double eagle (or albatross) made by Gene Sarazen on the 15th hole in the final round of the 1935 Masters. Sarazen would go on to win the tournament in a 36-hole playoff.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ abBrock Parker (April 28, 2014). 'The old tavern debate: Which town fired first?'. The Boston Globe. pp. B1, B13. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
- ^Michael D. Mosettig (June 27, 2014). ''The shots heard round the world' 100 years ago'. PBS NewsHour. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^Tom Parry (March 7, 2014). 'My great uncle fired the shot that started World War I and I'm proud of him'. Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^Elizabeth Nix (January 22, 2015). 'What was the 'shot heard round the world'?'. History.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^Greg Allwood (June 28, 2016). 'Sarajevo, June 28th – The Shot Heard Round The World'. Forces Network. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^Shea Lazansky (April 20, 2017). 'The shot heard 'round Marion'. The Daily Republican. Marion, Illinois. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^Elizabeth Sullivan (June 28, 2014). 'A century on from Sarajevo's 'shot heard round the world,' the impacts of WWI still being felt'. Cleveland.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^Candy Spelling (October 2, 2013). 'Shot Heard 'Round the World'. HuffPost Entertainment – The Blog. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- ^Howard G. Peretz (1999). It Ain't Over 'Till The Fat Lady Sings: The 100 Greatest Sports Finishes of All Time. New York: Barnes & Noble. pp. 4–5. ISBN978-0-7607-1707-3. OCLC43461820. OL8012779M.
- ^ ab' 'The shot' ends 40 years of hurt'Archived 2019-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com, September 10, 2015
- ^Fred J. Robledo (November 19, 1999). 'Kick start; ten years later, one goal still means a lot'. Daily News. Los Angeles. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019 – via The Free Library.
- ^Martin Davis (March 31, 2012). 'Sarazen's double eagle put Masters on the map'. Golf Channel. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.