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.
Lois Lowry at an event for . The Giver  in 2014. Lowry was born on March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to parents Katherine Gordon (nee NÃ©e) landis And Robert. E. Hammersberg her father was Of norwegian descent and her mother Had, German, english And-Scots irish. ancestryor her contribution as a children's writer, she was a finalist in 2000 (and U.S. nominee again in 2004) for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. Her book Gooney Bird Greene won the 2002 Rhode Island Children's Book Award.