As the 250th anniversary of America’s independence approaches, the president is moving to put his stamp on how the nation’s story is told, in Washington and beyond. By Jennifer Schuessler ...

Tens of thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how the American ... of 1776 - before the Declaration of Independence or ...

The day offers an opportunity to reflect on this seminal moment in history but also consider what this fight means today.

As the nation marks 250 years since the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which ignited the American Revolution, one mystery refuses to die. It’s been called "the shot heard ’round the world ...

Thousands, some dressed in period clothing, watch a reenactment celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and start of the American Revolution, Saturday in Lexington ...

NEW YORK -- The American Revolution began 250 ... Well before the turning points of 1776, before the Declaration of Independence or Thomas Paine’s boast that “We have it in our power to ...