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shot heard round the world

  1. A phrase from a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson about the Battle of Lexington and Concord . Emerson's words read, “Here once the embattled farmers stood / And fired the shot heard round the world.” In other words, the determination of the colonists at Concord led to the establishment of a new nation on Earth and encouraged worldwide movements toward democracy .


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