As a light rain fell on Billerica Saturday morning, a small group gathered to commemorate the death of Asa Pollard, a ...

The American Revolution and Its Discontents." His “The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding” will be ...

American colonists protested British taxation by boarding ships in Boston Harbor and dumping 342 chests of tea into the water ...

Dr. Joseph Warren lived just up the hill from Revere. He was a Son of Liberty and a leader in the Massachusetts Provincial Congress. On the night of April 18, he dashed off a quick note to Revere ...

No Kings Day” is over, the tanks have rolled through D.C. to celebrate the birthday of His Highness, and yet, something seems ...

Here is the best fireworks show for the Fourth of July. And, there’s no better way to celebrate America’s birthday than sky ...

Elzear Duquette, the “king of the walk,” spent a few days in Cold Spring on his way to Lake George. According to Duquette, he ...

The following month, at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Black and Indigenous soldiers, both free and enslaved, fought alongside white soldiers. Each had their own motive for fighting, in some cases to earn ...

Bristol Black Collective will present a public reading of an iconic Frederick Douglass speech at Heritage State Park. What's ...

Concord is busy this year as it celebrates the 250th anniversary of the fight that started it all – the famed Battle of ...

Next Thursday is Juneteenth, a national celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Boston is showing ...

From food to fireworks to patriotic fun, these 4th of July destinations are where the party's at The best places to go for ...