LEXINGTON — Gunfire rang out on the grassy common of this quintessential New England town just after dawn Saturday, kicking ...

Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...

The American Philosophical Society's new exhibit for the 250th birthday of America documents daily life in Philadelphia ...

This Saturday, April 19, marks 250 years since the start of the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts. Here's how it started.

The Battle of Lexington and Concord marked the first major military action of the American Revolutionary War. Wilford Kale ...

Thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how the American Revolution began 250 years ago, as the country looks back to its war of ...

We arrived in Boston’s North End on Friday night, where a re-enactment of Paul Revere’s midnight ride kicked off celebrations ...

After the “shot heard round the world” started the Revolutionary War, Williamsburg found itself on the threshold of its own “first shot” and only the coolest heads and calmest spirits ...

It was the events on April 19, 1775, celebrated annually as Patriots' Day in Massachusetts, that gave the colonists their ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, shots fired in Lexington and Concord set off the Revolutionary War. A new nation, ...

As Americans commemorate the 250th anniversary, there’s a growing push to reflect on how they remember the Revolution and not just through a militaristic lens.

Joel Bohy: One of the things that's great about the archeology end of it is when we're finding fired ammunition. I mostly volunteer with archaeologists on the Revolutionary War. One of my ...