Two hundred and fifty years ago, shots fired in Lexington and Concord set off the Revolutionary War. A new nation, independent from Britain, was about to be born. Before dawn on Saturday, the ...

LEXINGTON, Massachusetts — Tens of thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how the American Revolution began 250 years ago, with ...

Historian Brooke Barbier explains how the British moved on to Concord after the Battle of Lexington and why they were headed to Concord in the first place. White House lambasts $2 trillion Norwegian ...

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 "first ...

And fired the shot heard round the world. The poem was created for the dedication of the battle monument at Concord's North Bridge, and by the time the fighting got there, the "first shot" had already ...

Now is the perfect time to uncancel the minutemen, the Revolutionary War marksmen who were ready to defend their towns at a moment’s notice. This week marks the 250th anniversary of the Battles of ...

FESTIVITIES FROM THEIR. IT IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY HERE AT THE LEXINGTON BATTLE GREEN, AS THE TOWN COMMEMORATES 250 YEARS SINCE THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD AND THE BATTLE THAT USHERED IN THE AMERICAN ...

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 heard ...

Although the weekend’s battle reenactments are over, people can still connect with the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord through new commemorative stamps. The pane of 15 ...