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Wishing you and your loved ones a safe and happy Easter Sunday. He is risen!

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On this day in history, April 19, 1775, the ‘Shot Heard Round the World’ took place at the Battle of Lexington and Concord, thus starting the American Revolution 250 years ago.

At around 5 a.m. on April 19, 700 British troops gathered around on a mission to capture Patriot leaders and their ammunition. They were met, however, with 77 armed and ready minutemen under the leadership of Capt. John Parker awaiting the British arrival in Lexington.

Major John Pitcairn ordered the colonist Patriots to disperse, put down their weapons, and surrender. But suddenly, a shot was fired from an undetermined gun, and a major firing erupted on the green grass field at Lexington.

When the smoke cleared, it was found that eight American patriots lay dead and dying and ten others were wounded.

Only one British soldier was hurt, yet this unexpected shot became the event that began the American Revolution.

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Green, blue, pink, or yellow, many people, religious or not, have enjoyed dyeing eggs for Easter, but where did this tradition come from?

While people generally think of Christianity and the resurrection of Jesus when they see Easter eggs, many pagan religions in Asia and Africa have been decorating eggs since before Christianity’s time. One similarity among all those religions regarding the symbolism of decorating eggs was the connection between new life and death. The early Christian church adopted this custom of decorating eggs, using them as a symbol of Jesus’s resurrection and painting them red to symbolize the blood of Christ.

Easter eggs began to be colored with greater variety or pigments in England during the 13th century. Before using paint, they dyed the eggs by boiling them with natural substances to induce color change. Beet juice produced a pink hue, onion peels yielded brown, and walnut shells provided black. Early forms of patterning were also developed this way. People would attach small items, such as leaves or shapes, to the eggshell before dyeing them. After the dyeing process was complete, they would remove the shapes, leaving an outline on the eggshell that remained untouched by the dye.

How do you dye and decorate your Easter eggs? Let us know in the comments!

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