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 ...

Why was there fighting at Concord’s North Bridge, and at Lexington Common earlier that morning? Britain’s colonies had enjoyed degrees of self-rule, some of them for a century and a half.

What did it feel like in Lexington and Concord, the two Massachusetts towns where, on one April day in 1775, the patriots and British redcoats first exchanged fire? Larissa Sasgen, John Nichols ...

In the early morning of April 19, 1775, British troops clashed with American colonists in the fateful Battles of Lexington and Concord. It marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the ...

Lexington and Concord commemorated the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Events included reenactments of the battles' key moments, including Paul Revere's ride and the ...

The early morning battle reenactments in Lexington and Concord on Saturday were part of a once-in-a-generation celebration that includes an array of parades and tributes marking the start of the ...

After shots were fired in Lexington moments after daybreak, the British headed to Concord where they’d clash with colonists. The day ended with 95 Colonial militiamen either killed or wounded ...