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A hand-colored etching of the Battle of Lexington by Amos Doolittle. was advertised for sale in the December 1775 Connecticut Journal. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
A hand-colored etching of the Battle of Lexington by Amos Doolittle. was advertised for sale in the December 1775 Connecticut Journal. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)