Dozens of relics survived the Battles of Lexington and Concord and tell the stories of the militia who fought that day. Why it matters: Greater Boston residents and history buffs visiting the area ...

Their stories were not well preserved in art or textbooks, yet recent scholarship in Concord and Lexington aims to uncover ...

In a tribute to the upcoming 250th anniversary of the American Revolutionary War, the USPS has released a new stamp pane.

In “Shots Heard Round the World,” John Ferling argues that substantial – and secret – aid from France helped the colonists ...

Massachusetts will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War. We asked reenactors, historians, and museum directors what lessons Americans can take from the founders.

Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the first day of the 3,059-day war that birthed the modern world. Commemorating the April 19, 1775, skirmishes at Lexington Green and Concord Bridge begins a ...

Patriots Day 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution at the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

Longfellow's poem on Paul Revere highlights revolutionary spirit; actual events reveal collective citizen action against ...

The U.S. Postal Service, in collaboration with the U.S. National Park Service, held a ceremony on April 16, 2025, at Minute ...

Richard Higgins, a former Globe reporter, is author of “Thoreau’s God” and “Thoreau and the Language of Trees.” On April 19, Concord and the nation will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Fight at ...

American Antiquarian Society will have a "Start the Press" open house April 12 to celebrate printing of the Massachusetts Spy ...

Isaiah Thomas, a revolutionary patriot and printer of the radical Boston newspaper, The Massachusetts Spy, snuck his printing ...