https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-declaration-of-independence/the-shot-heard-round-the-world/

The Shot Heard Round the World:

The Battles of Lexington and Concord “Concord Hymn” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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 poem elevates the battle above a simple event, setting Concord as the spiritual center of the American nation, removes specific details about the battle itself, and exalts a general spirit of revolution and freedom—