Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolutionary War with the "shot heard 'round the world" on Lexington Green in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775. The conflict ...

The Lexington Minute Men will join hundreds of other reenactors on Aug. 2-3 to recreate the American Revolution at Old ...

The Revolutionary War “shot,” which turns 250 this ... Sports columnist Bob Considine in 1938 loudly proclaimed the shot heard ’round the world would be “no louder than the pop of a penny ...

The battles, which emerged from a gathering revolutionary crisis, predicted the outcome of the war: the victory of the revolution over what was then the world’s greatest power, Great Britain ...

On July Fourth, actor Kurt Russell visited a small museum in Massachusetts dedicated to his ancestor, who was killed by British soldiers 250 years ago.

This month sees the official launch of the Revolutionary War commemorations — the beginning of a year-and-a-half-long celebration leading up to next year’s Semiquincentennial.

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - When the shot heard round the world was fired on April 19th 1775, the first American soldiers took up arms, fighting for the independence of our young nation.

Massachusetts was the site of various battles during the Revolutionary War, many of which will celebrate their 250th anniversary this year. Here's an overview of the key Revolutionary War battles ...

He prefaced his April 18 lecture, The Shot Heard Round the World, about the battles of Lexington and Concord that began the Revolutionary War, by saying “it woke up the people of Europe.” ...

After the "shot heard round the world" started the Revolutionary War, Williamsburg found itself on the threshold of its own “first shot” and only the coolest heads and calmest spirits kept the ...

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - When the shot heard round the world was fired on April 19th 1775, the first American soldiers took up arms, fighting for the independence of our young nation.