Monday, June 15, 2026 · america_250
America 250 · Where it all began
5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.
America 250 kicks off with the spark — the towns, fields, and halls where the Revolution went from grievance to gunfire. Two villages in Massachusetts, a Boston park, a meeting hall, and the Philadelphia room where the whole thing got written down.
- 01
Drop a pin on the bridge where militia turned back British regulars on April 19, 1775 — the 'shot heard round the world.'
● Monument Street — Concord, Massachusetts, United States
- Target
- 42.4699°, -71.3492°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 02
Drop a pin on the sea-island fort whose palmetto-log walls absorbed British cannonballs on June 28, 1776 — the colony's first big win.
● Poe Avenue — Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, United States
- Target
- 32.7588°, -79.8567°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 03
Drop a pin on the Philadelphia building where the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
● Chestnut Street — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Target
- 39.9489°, -75.1500°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 04
Drop a pin on the upstate field where American forces forced a British army to surrender in October 1777 — the war's diplomatic turning point.
● Saratoga National Battlefield Road — Town of Stillwater, New York, United States
- Target
- 43.0098°, -73.6437°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 05
Drop a pin on the peninsula where the surrender of Cornwallis in October 1781 effectively ended the war.
● Water Street — Yorktown, Virginia, United States
- Target
- 37.2364°, -76.5066°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts