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This year's Margaretta Days Festival in Machias marks its 19th year while celebrating a momentous piece of history. And for a place as far and away as Machias, that significance is not lost to time. A ...

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

On April 19, 2025, 250 years after the “shot heard round the world,” crowds lined the streets of Lexington, Massachusetts, to watch a reenactment of the 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord.

Emmy award-winning actor Kelsey Grammer discussed his new Fox Nation series, "Blood on the Bridge: The Battle of Lexington & Concord" while ruminating on America's founding.

This includes the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which took place in the early morning of April 19, 1775, when British troops marched 14 miles from Boston to Lexington’s town green. By day ...

Concord, Massachusetts, puts on the finishing touches while history fans and tourists flock to town for Patriots' Day Weekend celebrations on the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and ...

From now until Oct. 19, 2031, when we mark the final defeat of the British Army at Yorktown, Americans will be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the battles that brought the nation to birth.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Saturday, April 19, 2025, marked the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Video by The Associated Press ...

The day ended with performances — Lexington’s Bicentennial Band, formed in 1974 in preparation for the 200th anniversary of the Battle on the Green and playing ever since, performed music ...

The first battle of the American Revolution was marked on Saturday in Lexington, Massachusetts, 250 years later, with a reenactment and a parade, along with other events. Many spectators arrived ...

Thousands of people from all over flocked to Lexington and Concord on Saturday, taking in reenactments of the first fights of the Revolution while reflecting on the lessons of the momentous day 250… ...