Lexington (Massachusetts)

Middlesex County

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Lexington is a city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts with 30,355 inhabitants ( 2000 census ) and an area of 42.8 km ².

History

The first settlement on the site of the present city limits, was built in 1640.

In Lexington fell on 19 April 1775 in the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the first shot, which ushered in the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. He went as the phrase The shot that was heard around the world in history.

Economy

The software company Looking Glass Studios was founded in Lexington in 1991. The provider of IT security solutions, Imprivata, headquartered in Lexington.

Twinning

  • Antony in the département of Hauts -de -Seine in France.
  • Dnipropetrovsk in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of Ukraine.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Amanda Palmer (born 1976 ), musician
  • Nathan Cutler (1775-1861), politician, Governor of Maine
  • Matt Nathanson (born 1973 ), musician
  • Theodore Parker (1810-1860), theologian, abolitionist and writer
  • Phillip Smith (1905-1987), engineer who became known for his invention of the eponymous Smith - chart
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