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

"A lot of people today think of the American Revolution in broad strokes as being, you know, these rugged, hardy American frontiersmen, clad in buckskin hunting shirts, with their longrifles ...

Moreover, the conflict between the values of the American Revolution and the Trump political agenda goes much deeper. And that fact is likely to be fully exposed in the flood of books, op-eds ...

Massachusetts is marking the start of the American Revolution 250 years ago with several events this weekend. One Concord man is making sure that the contributions of people of color during the ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Rick Atkinson, a former reporter and editor at The Post, is author of the ...