The day ended with performances — Lexington’s Bicentennial Band, formed in 1974 in preparation for the 200th anniversary of ...

Two-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 19, 1775, British troops faced off against colonial militias in the Massachusetts ...

Reenactors showed thousands of people the story start of the American Revolutionary War and the "shot heard round the world" on its 250th anniversary.

Thousands of people from all over flocked to Lexington and Concord on Saturday, taking in reenactments of the first fights of ...

About half of 30 flags known to exist from that time are on display at the Museum of the American Revolution. It's the ...

On Saturday, tens of thousands of people descended on Lexington and Concord to commemorate the historic start of the American Revolution, exactly 250 years after the “shot heard round the world.” The ...

The so-called Suffolk Resolves of 1774, drafted by civic leaders of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, prayed for a life “unfettered by power, unclogged with shackles,” a fight that would determine the ...

The Museum of the American Revolution shows how the shifting ideals of American liberty can be traced in the historic flags ...

For 250 years, historians have argued over who fired first at the Battle of Lexington, when Massachusetts militiamen faced British soldiers about 20 miles west of Boston.

There are seven major monuments and several other smaller stones at Gettysburg National Military Park that mark the efforts of the 2,100 state soldiers in six volunteer infantry regiments that fought ...

On Saturday, the nation commemorates the beginning of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775. On that date, 250 years ago, ...

YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y. — This weekend marks a big anniversary for our country, 250 years since the shot heard round the world, ...