I was 13. 10 November is my birthday.
I remember Walter Cronkite reporting it.
Then Gordon Lightfoot came out with the damn song they played to death.
Seems like a lifetime ago. The 70's were fun.

Don't fire unless fired upon. But if they want a war let it begin here.

Captain John Parker, commander of the militiamen at Lexington, Massachusetts, on sighting British Troops (attributed), April 19, 1775