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When war between the colonies and the King broke out in Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, the question arose: What’s next? A band of patriots from Connecticut, Massachusetts, and the future Vermont had an answer. Setting out from Hartford on April 28, and gathering more men en route, including 40 from the Pittsfield area under Col. James Easton, the expedition snatched Fort Ticonderoga from the British on May 10 in a daring pre-dawn raid, setting the course that…