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Standing their ground Lexington and Concord still 'battle' over shot heard 'round the world.

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From: The Boston Herald
Date: 19970704
Author:Schorow, Stephanie

Exactly 160 years ago - back when poets were the day's spin masters - Ralph Waldo Emerson showed how sound bite makes right.

On July 4, 1837, Emerson's "Concord Hymn" was sung at the dedication of the Battle Monument obelisk at the North Bridge in Concord. The first verse so fired the imagination that it was later engraved at the base of Daniel Chester French's Minute Man statue and into the American psyche.

Today, few have not heard of the "shot heard 'round the world." Countless tourists will read the line again this Fourth of July weekend as they visit Concord and ...

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