On the ground, fighting in the American Revolution began with the skirmishes between British regulars and American provincials on April 19, 1775, first at Lexington, where a British force of 700 faced 77 local minutemen, and then at CONCORD, where an American counterforce of 320 to 400 sent the British scurrying.
This is why the concord grapes:
On the ground, fighting in the American Revolution began with the skirmishes between British regulars and American provincials on April 19, 1775, first at Lexington, where a British force of 700 faced 77 local minutemen, and then at CONCORD, where an American counterforce of 320 to 400 sent the British scurrying.
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Revolution
Wow! Nice dig!