April Morning

This was also the title and subject of the last film project of John Ford, but it is not clear whether the script was the one which Ford tried to make. There were other connections between James Lee Barrett and Ford, most notably that Barrett wrote the script of the TV remake of Ford's Stagecoach (1939) (Stagecoach (1986)).

At the Battle of Lexington, the Regulars did indeed break rank and fire without orders - historical fact. They fired after a single musket went off - although many said it was a pistol. The tension that had been building exploded and the soldiers broke ranks and fired - and they also fired while advancing - some chasing the militia a half mile to the Hancock/Clark House.

Edited into Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)