This week marks the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, where Massachusetts minutemen fought on April 18-19, 1775, to defend these towns against British soldiers who tried ...

“We, you, are descendants of the Minutemen militiamen we celebrate today,” Gov. Maura Healey said during her speech in Lexington. “On this day in 1775, it became something else: the ...

The town’s annual reenactment of the deadly fight between Lexington minutemen and British regulars starts at 5:30 that the morning. Mona Roy of the Lex250 Commission, which is organizing the ...

British Regulars fire on New England colonial militia, also known as a Minutemen, during a reenactment celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and start of the American ...