<P> The phrase comes from the opening stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson 's `` Concord Hymn '' ( 1837 ) and refers to the first shot of the American Revolutionary War . According to Emerson 's poem , this pivotal shot occurred at the North Bridge in Concord , Massachusetts , where the first British soldiers fell in the battles of Lexington and Concord . </P>
<P> The phrase comes from the opening stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson 's `` Concord Hymn '' ( 1837 ) and refers to the first shot of the American Revolutionary War . According to Emerson 's poem , this pivotal shot occurred at the North Bridge in Concord , Massachusetts , where the first British soldiers fell in the battles of Lexington and Concord . </P>
who did the shot heard round the world
who did the shot heard round the world
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson