Paul Revere’s midnight ride was commemorated with an official White House statement and video on Friday, while in Boston ...

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.

American colonists chose to stand against tyranny. When British troops marched into the Massachusetts countryside to seize weapons and supplies, they met armed resistance from colonists who refused to ...

As the 250th anniversary of America’s independence approaches, the president is moving to put his stamp on how the nation’s ...

Reenactors gather to show tens of thousands of people the story start of the American Revolutionary War on its 250th anniversary. Follow us all day.

Americans have never stopped debating the balance of powers, the rules of enfranchisement or how widely to apply the exhortation, “All men are created equal.” ...

Exactly 250 years ago today, ragtag Patriot militias engaged British Army regulars at Lexington and Concord in what would ...

Montanans gathered at the Capitol to celebrate the 250th anniversary of two pivotal events in American history, Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride and the spark of the American Revolution.

After discovering a personal connection to Old North Church, Harry Bukeley donated a historic 300-year-old Bible.

But even though I have a hard time envisioning these historic events occurring in my hometown as it is today, sometimes when ...

Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, reenact the start of the American Revolution every year, but this year's festivities ...

Tomorrow will be the 250th anniversary of the “ shot heard ‘round the world ” that began the American Revolution. Next year, ...