SCOTT #617-19 LEXINGTON-CONCORD ISSUES

    Early one April morning in 1775, 50 ragged "minutemen" faced 1,000 red-coated British soldiers across the bridge at Lexington-a shot was fired. ergo "The Birth of Liberty", which is commemorated in the 2 cent stamp. The 1 cent stamps honors "Washington at Cambridge" and the 5 cent stamp honors the "Minute Men" who were the first 88 American colonist to die in the battle of freedom.