The battle in Concord became the third part of the battle of the day, and became known as The Battle of the Road. By this time, 1,000 militia had gathered along the road to harass and attack the British. Captain Parker and the Lexington militia were no longer reluctant to attack the British.
Louis LâAmour, the prolific author of scores of bestselling western novels, is born in Jamestown, North Dakota. An indifferent student, LâAmour dropped out of high school at age 15. Over the next two decades, he traveled around the world working in an amazing variety of jobs.
Jamestown was the first permanent English colony in North America. It was located on a piece of land in the James River, near what is now Williamsburg, Virginia. The first permanent English colony in America was founded on May 14, 1607, on a peninsula of the James River in what is now the state of Virginia. The colony was named after King James I of England.