Friday marks the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's famous night-long ride from Boston to Lexington — April 18, 1775 — where ...

Filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt have made a 12-hour documentary series on the Revolutionary War that ...

Smithsonian writer Andrew Lawler about these lesser-known histories.A transcript is below. To subscribe to “There’s More to That,” and to listen to past episodes about a baseball field resurrected in ...

The celebration of America’s independence kicks into high gear this weekend.The famous battles of Lexington and Concord will be reenacted on<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

From the bravery of the Massachusetts minutemen to the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere to the very first battle of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts was a host for several key happenings during ...